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  1. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    In support of science in public policy, and those like Phil Jones who (in spite of those who dislike the implications) make that science accessible to the public and to policymakers. Steve Latham, Canada
  2. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    In less than a generation your detractors will look, at the very least, bloody silly; at worst willfully and criminally negligent – to *everyone*. To those who have done any proper reading on the subject they look a combination of the two *now* Keep up the essential work. many thanks. Joe Cushley, London
  3. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    We appreciate your efforts. Paul Magnus
  4. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Andy Skuce, British Columbia, Canada
  5. Michaels and Cato Unwittingly Accept the Climate Threat
    To "ralbin" on cap and trade, just a point of logic, if a cap and trade policy is instituted then the price of abatement is unexpectedly less, that does not reduce the effectiveness of the cap and trade as without it the abatement may have not been tried therefore the cheapness never realised. In fact the cap and trade success is not 'confounded", it is strengthened. Whether regulatory control is better has to take into account the reduced political support for it so reducing the likelihood that it will be imposed. No doubt the solution will vary from case to case, and each measure adds to the general success, (or lowers the speed to more warming, more properly said) but cap and trade is easier to spread across borders into different political realities as it uses common principles, - ie money etc. Geoff Thomas.
  6. AlwaysWatching at 08:56 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Lyndon While, Australia
  7. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Tony Clifford-Winters, France
  8. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Colin Sharples, New Zealand (Ph.D. UEA, 1996)
  9. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    My heartfelt thanks Malcolm Griffin, Canada
  10. Glaciers are growing
    wealthychef @41, figure 1 in the basic article represents a full rebutal of the fake skeptic claims. If you look at it, you will see a gradual loss of glacial ice from 1850, which represents the ongoing glacial retreat for some glaciers since the little ice age. However, two features stand out. First is the much more rapid loss of ice since 1970. If glacial ice loss simply represented the restoration of equilibrium after the LIA, glacial ice loss would gradually slow as it approached that equilibrium. Hence, the recent very rapid ice loss shows clearly that the cause is a recent warming rather than the warming that accompanied the end of the LIA. Second is the brief accumulation of glacial ice from 1950-1970. Global temperatures actually cooled slightly during that interval, primarily due to the rapid accumulation of sulphate (SO4) in the atmosphere from the burning of coal. The important factor here, however, is that that brief cooling could not have resulted in an overall gain in glacial ice unless the glacial ice was very close to equilibrium. That gain in glacial ice therefore contradicts the fundamental assumption of the fake skeptic argument, which is that glacial ice balance is far from equilibrium, and continues to be lost because of a warming episode that ended over a century ago. Typical of fake skeptic arguments, the argument presented at climate-skeptic.com is depends on superficial knowledge of the data to retain its plausibility.
  11. Charles08537024 at 08:14 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Charles Scott, Canada
  12. John E. Pearson at 08:12 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    John E. Pearson Los Alamos, NM
  13. john mfrilett at 08:09 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    John Rilett Canada
  14. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    James Dunlap Virginia, USA
  15. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Peter Bergs Brisbane Australia
  16. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Jan Hollan, Czechia
  17. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Ron Spross, TX USA
  18. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Mark White, PA, USA
  19. Andrew Mclaren at 07:34 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Thanks to Phil Jones and other climate scientists for all their many years of dedicated hard work, and for having the courage to stand up to all the abusive denialists out there! Andrew McLaren Canada
  20. David Kirtley at 07:28 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    David Kirtley St. Louis, MO, USA 104F
  21. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Hang in there, we are counting on you! Steve, Northern California, USA
  22. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Simon Edmonds Wellington New Zealand
  23. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    John Hartz Columbia, South Carolina USA
  24. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Mahn England, Australia
  25. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Registered to post message of support. David Rice, Belfast, UK.
  26. Martin Vermeer at 06:49 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Martin Vermeer, Finland
  27. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Chris McCall, UK
  28. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Vladimir M., USA
  29. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    I once did an article explaining the concept of a temperature anomaly, and wanted to use data from an article Dr. Jones had worked on. He was extremely helpful and nice in our communications. Charlie Soeder, USA
  30. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Hang in there, Dr. Jones! Donaldg Donald G., California, USA
  31. climatehawk1 at 05:27 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Thomas Gray, VT, USA
  32. Gordon Parish at 05:21 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Gordon Parish, Ohio, USA
  33. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Jim Bowron Canada
  34. ghtonhorseshoeridge at 05:08 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Sandy Hauserman, VT, USA
  35. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Paul D, UK
  36. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Rick Brown, USA
  37. Oliver Perkins at 04:57 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Of course you may use my real name. Oliver Perkins, Haskell, Texas, USA
  38. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Hang in there, Dr. Jones! God rewards those who tell the truth. You've got friends. Contact me if I can help in any way. -Barton Paul Levenson
  39. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Malcolm Parks, UK
  40. Susan Anderson at 04:30 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Susan Anderson, Boston and Princeton, USA
  41. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    David Watkins, USA
  42. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Hank Roberts, California
  43. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Ben Shepherd, Sydney
  44. keithpickering at 04:02 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Keith Pickering, USA
  45. michael sweet at 03:55 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    When the history of climate science in the late 20th century is written your work will stand out as a great contribution. I am sorry for your troubles. Keep up the good work.
  46. JosHagelaars at 03:51 AM on 1 July 2012
    Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Jos Hagelaars, Netherlands
  47. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    P.S. By FOI request, I meant to Phil Jones, not to Skeptical Science - the 'anonymous' names would therefore be exposed indirectly.
  48. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    I hate to put a bit of a dampener on this worthy cause but be aware that this email to Prof Jones when sent would in all likelihood be open to an FOI request so I would urge you to reconsider including anyone on the message that clearly wants to remain anonymous (i.e. has submitted their name to you via email).
  49. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Hear, Hear! Cheers - John
  50. Nil Illegitimi Carborundum
    Kevin Brown, South Wales

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