WUWT recently passed the 150 million counter mark as seen of the right sidebar.
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
The world’s most viewed site on global warming goes from strength to strength, and its audience grows with it. Let me be the first to congratulate Anthony and his team on 150 million hits. No one on the other side of the case even comes close. It’s no longer cool to be warmist, and they know it.
The differences between WUWT and sites such as these are interesting.
- It puts more emphasis on hard-headed assessments of what has happened than on the fanciful predictions of what might happen that are their mainstay.
- It discusses the science and economics of the climate debate, accessibly but in depth. They don’t do much science; and, when they do, their prejudices are so quaveringly intense that they distort it.
- It does not take sides. It displays a genuine interest in all sides of the debate, and allows them space. They don’t do that.
- It does not, as they do, sullenly refuse to post every comment that is critical of it. It allows both sides to be fairly heard.
- It is tolerant of all but the most persistent and malicious trolls.
- It is transparently, persistently, meticulously honest. Mistakes are admitted and corrected swiftly.
- It is up to date. It posts more items daily than some of them post in a month.
- It is on topic. Occasional departures are allowed, when something catches Anthony’s ever-interested eye, or when Willis is in story-telling mode, but otherwise you know what you are going to get.
- It isn’t subsidized. They have taxpayers’ money thrown at them to flog the long-dead horse of global warming. It gets by, but it does not reward Anthony at even a tenth the rate he deserves.
- It is beautifully polished. Running any blog is hard work. Running a seriously good blog is even harder than running a restaurant. You have to be there just about every day. You have to keep the content and the quality up.
Above all, it is a cracking good read. Long may it and its genial host flourish. On to a billion hits. Justin Dribbler, eat your heart out.
[Note: This is an unsolicited praise by Monckton, and while I appreciate the sentiments expressed, I can still do better in many areas and I will strive to do so. Monckton writes: “It displays a genuine interest in all sides of the debate, and allows them space.” That’s true, I’ll allow guest submissions that are on-topic, within site policy, and courteous, even if they may be on the opposite side of the prevailing thinking here. – Anthony]
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[Snip. This is a potholer-free site. — mod.]
I agree that WUWT has done an amazing job of spotlighting the gross errors of the Warmists-Alarmists. Congratulations, Anthony, and to all the others involved.
I predict, though, that WUWT’s greater service to mankind is yet to come. That greater service will be the recording of the great cooling that has begun. There is great debate on the coming cooling, if it will happen, when, and of course why.
I am on record, here and at my blog, and in speeches, in support of the quiet sun as a predictor of global cooling. I also see evidence of a significant effect of the major ocean basins being in their cold phase.
It seems clear at this time that the quiet sun and cold oceans are happening simultaneously. Great cooling is very much upon us.
I certainly hope that Anthony will continue to devote space on WUWT to cooling coverage, as he has already done. Now that CO2- induced global warming has fizzled, global cooling is the topic that should be of grave concern.
The “factory” seems to have equipped me with at least 640kb of RAM, so, enough memory to be able to track the many sundried things I have seen pop-up about social media/web sites and the occasional bit or two that leaks out of the matrix concerning what they do with your personal data, with or without your permission, and always wondering if intelligence agencies recognized what a gold mine such sites actually are……
So no, Brian, no Facebook, Twitter, or other media accounts. Am I a paranoid schizophrenic? Hardly. I post here at Anthony’s site using my real name. Many here have found me by looking me up at work and communicating with me directly.
The essays and posts I have posted here are exactly as Monckton says, on-point, mostly on elements I feel I can bring the benefits of what expertise I can provide, and with professional courtesy.
What should be clear to all after Climategate is that, at the very best, not even self-styled professionals can be relied upon to be professional all of the time. Interestingly, the vast majority of commentary on WUWT is quite professional. Including those that do not identify themselves as professionals. Whatever “professional” actually means……
That speaks volumes about the readership and the decorum of civility that has evolved at this site. That does not mean that things anthropogenic do not overheat once in a while. It wouldn’t really be anthropogenic, or even professional, if it didn’t.
Only rarely does it reach the devolution of pettiness.
I’m a geologist. All I do is science. The kind you can take to court anytime. I have carefully considered what Christopher Monckton has had to say. When within the constraints of my own expertise I have rarely found it wanting. When not, I have found it suitably challenging. And it has stimulated much further research.
What Anthony has done here with WUWT I have yet to see on any other site I frequent on the web. It’s a rare day indeed when I do not get up, check email, fire up the browser and head here first. Even rarer than that is when I do get up with the intent of writing a compelling piece on my own paleoclimate etc. research to post, or have Anthony post, here.
Boiled down, I come here to reason and to argue. With argue being defined as developing and defending an argument.
These days, that’s actually quite a compliment……….
William
[Snip. This is a potholer-free site. — mod.]
That seems a wee bit odd, could you please be kind enough to explain why would this site find it necessary to censure all comments that merely mention an accomplished mainstream journalist?
[Reply: for explanations, read the archives. There is enough moderating work already without doing your research. The same applies to HAARP, and other verboten subjects. Suffice it to say that the potholer problem has been put to rest, and we are not resurrecting his personal issues here. There are plenty of other blogs that are happy to continue the potholer nonsense. This is not one of them. Case closed. — mod.]
REPLY: My moderator didn’t explain that we had granted Peter Hadfield a full space for rebuttal, which he was happy with. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/07/update-on-the-monckton-hadfield-debate/
We aren’t going to revisit Hadfield’s issues again, and besides, in this thread they are off-topic. – Anthony
Congratulations to Anthony for an awesome job on an awesome site. I am with Arthur 4563 about Facebook, I use it to keep an eye on the opposition: http://pindanpost.com/2013/06/12/self-projection/
Brian and Facebook – I used to want to be able to read other people’s minds – then I got a Facebook account and now I am over it.
Excellent adherence to standards … and by around mid-2016, should hit the quarter billion mark.
dbstealey said on June 12, 2013 at 6:02 pm:
I got a Facebook account. So I could “Like” WUWT. Since then I’ve used it to sign on to sites I don’t want to register with and share my “good” info. And that’s about it.
I should have made sure I killed off the notifications better. Endless emails with subject something like ‘Do you know Self on Facebook?’ Yes, sometimes there might be names there, sometimes many of them, but usually it just says “Self”.
It’s all the information that is so wonderful. The connections to other sites and so much more.
Let’s do survey, I don’t have a facebook account either. Is there a trend here?
T.C. says: “And Facebook is the tool of satan.”
Why, yes, Al Gore does have a Facebook page. Three, if you count “Telling Al Gore he’s full of crap.”
Congratulations Anthony.
In my opinion, the best thing about this site is the “peer review” by all the readers.
When you have about 100 people peer reviewing a blog, you can come to some definite conclusion about some of the dubious work that appears from time to time.
Thanks.
Several months ago I tapped into WUWT just to see if it had any merit. Just looking for decent science, engineering, solid research and worthy responses. Damned if I didn’t find a site full of good stuff. I was quite pleasantly surprised. I am a retired civil engineer/meteorologist. I was looking for a site where meaningful science and engineering can be viewed, absorbed, and referred to when needed. Anthony, you have put together a very effective environment for analysis and discussion. It is good to see a broad spectrum of folks supplying excellent information. Sure do appreciate it.
Thanks Anthony.
When ever I see criticism of WUWT it completely floors me because just reading this site is a science education all by it’s self.
Either the people making the criticism have never bothered to read several threads (plus comments) and are just parroting what they think is the politically acceptable comment or their IQ’s are in the lower half of the bell curve.
I too do not have a facebook or twitter account. Why bother. I rather spend my time at WUWT, Jo Nova, Bishophill, Chiefio, Delingpole…..
[Snip. ‘Case closed’ means move on. — mod.]
I have posted this here before, but it bears repeating. I bow to no man as my Lord, but I bow to Lord Monckton. And I bow to Lord Watts, though like Washington, who would not be King, he does not wish the tribute. Perhaps the best way I can acknowledge the great success of WUWT is by returning to when I first commented here under Taxistan.
The birds have gathered on the little wooden rail I have built for them to watch WUWT when they are not flooding the birdfeeder. I can sometimes “hear” their thoughts in their twittering. I know, I know, you have to spend your life loving birds to understand. Their thought today is: 150,000,000? Can we have that many birdseed?
The information I read or better learn here, I use to debate with my way to many lefty warming believer friends..Yes on facebook, sorry. Thank You for creating this great place for the unscientific to learn.
Roger Sowell says:
June 12, 2013 at 6:50 pm
“….. I am on record, here and at my blog, and in speeches, in support of the quiet sun as a predictor of global cooling. I also see evidence of a significant effect of the major ocean basins being in their cold phase. ……….”
And, it’s all happening, right now, at the half-precession (and a few centuries change) old Holocene. I often what more could a mature end extreme interglacial hope for in terms of addition to “tipping point” status~~~~~~
Dan Toomey says:
“Yes on facebook, sorry.”
Nothing to be sorry about, Dan. My wife is on Facebook, and she likes it. It’s just not my thing, that’s all.
Not being on FB gives me the [false] feeling that I’m maintaining a little bit of my privacy. Ridiculous, I know — for a few dollars anyone can find out about anyone else.
And not being on FB gives me the feeling of exclusivity, since most everyone I know is on it. [☺ or ☹, depending on your point of view].☺
Well said, thoroughly deserved, thanks to you both, and to all who make this site possible, its a godsend! Onwards
I’ve been visiting WUWT almost every day since discovering this wonderful blog in 2006 – work schedule permitting. I don’t comment as often as I used to due to the pressure of work, but continue to enjoy this vital, yet historically important forum. While nothing can top Climategate for revealing the machinations of the warmists, WUWT continues to be critically essential as a clearing house for disseminating sharp and insightful analysis of both excellent and execrable scientific arguments and ‘discoveries’ (not to mention propaganda) coming out of the scientific establishment. Thanks for all you do, Anthony and moderators! (I’m still missing REP)
Jennifer
Congratulations Anthony. You, the moderators, and many guest posters have done a great service to truth. Thanks all !
What Lord Monckton said! Thanks, Anthony. Thanks, Anthony’s family. Thanks, Moderators. Thanks, guest posters. Thanks, commenters. The combination makes this place without equal!
Well done. Congratulations.
Facebook is for people posting about their activities, and not a place for WUWT. Too many trolls and unread inward focused people there – it’s social media after all. I go there to see what my grandkids and relatives are up to and what shenanigans they have been up to, baby pictures and all that touchy feely stuff.
I come to WUWT to exercise my brain … and to see what the other side of the debate is about. As an engineer trained in physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, microbiology, air and water pollution, hydrology, hydrogeology, a bit of weather, economics, computer programming, and a host of other technical areas including northern development, cogeneration and soil heat studies, as well as a ton of HR, psychology and management and negotiating courses, along with a history of ranching and construction, I find the material in WUWT highly entertaining. I come here at breakfast and in the evening to see what’s up, and to get my daily dose of information and entertainment.
Thanks Anthony Watts for making my aging days a whole lot of fun.
Hit # 463. Way back. Way way back in 2007.