<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A Skeptic, not a&nbsp;Denier]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>And being a skeptic I want good data and open research. I also evaluate the credibility of sources when deciding on plausibility. The IPCC is part of the United Nations. The United Nations is a systemically-corrupt left-wing political organization. That is why I pretty much discount everything it has said about AGW.</p>
<p>As well you may imagine I am shocked &#8212; <em>shocked</em> &#8212; to read <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7026317.ece" target="_blank">this</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>“The temperature records cannot be relied on as indicators of global change,” said John Christy, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a former lead author on the IPCC.</p></blockquote>
<p>and</p>
<blockquote><p>“We concluded, with overwhelming statistical significance, that the IPCC’s climate data are contaminated with surface effects from industrialisation and data quality problems. These add up to a large warming bias,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh, and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250872/Climategate-U-turn-Astonishment-scientist-centre-global-warming-email-row-admits-data-organised.html" target="_blank">this</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in medieval times than now – suggesting global warming may not be a man-made phenomenon.<br />
And he said that for the past 15 years there has been no ‘statistically significant’ warming.</p></blockquote>
<p>AGW may be real. But I&#8217;m still skeptical.</p>
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