<![CDATA[Banks Want To Make Money (Part 1)]]>Deutsche Bank (which is investing in windfarms) released a paper this month, where they claim to rebut arguments of skeptics. I’ll review their responses one by one.

Author makes no attempt to rebut the claim that temperatures have not risen since 1998.
Skeptics 1, Deutsche 0

Straw man argument. The complaint is that the data was often hidden and incorrect, and that collusion occurred to keep other points of view repressed.
Skeptics 2, Deutsche 0

Author makes no attempt to rebut the claim that climate models are inadequate.
Skeptics 3, Deutsche 0

Author tries to change the subject away from the lack of a mid-troposphere hot spot.
Skeptics 4, Deutsche 0

Author agrees that MWP may have been as warm as today, despite lower CO2 levels.
Skeptics 5, Deutsche 0

Author makes no attempt to counter the claim that CO2 lags temperature.
Skeptics 6, Deutsche 0

More later …..

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