Markwadsworth

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• The Size of an Iceberg Depends on Where You Live...

  From Bedford Today: An iceberg which has been dubbed 'the size of Bedfordshire' has broken off from Antarctica, near to a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) station. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 DEBATE

• Here We Go Again...

  From the BBC: A mortgage guarantee scheme to help people with small deposits get on the property ladder is set to be announced at next week's Budget. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2021 DEBATE

• Not Sure Why This is Anybody Else's Problem.

  From the BBC: Local MP Liam Byrne spoke about the problem in the House of Commons this week. It is, he told MPs, "a story of two nations - rich and poor". This... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2021 DEBATE

• RE: Ozone Depletion - How Does the Extra Ultraviolet B Radiation Affect Clouds?

  

  That's a question to which I have found no obvious answer, but I assume that if there is a bit of extra high intensity UV-B hitting the atmosphere, it will... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2021 DEBATE

• Access to LVTC Site Blocked?

  Here for general reference, an email reply from the people who run the LVTC site: The "you have been blocked" message comes up when a visitor triggers the... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2021 DEBATE

• Vaccinations Are Helping Drive Down New Infections. Or Not, as the Case May Be.

  

  The UK government is doing a fine job with vaccinations, which started in December 2020 and really got up to speed in January 2021, averaging 2.5 million... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2021 DEBATE

• "Silver Bullet Housing Policy Could Make Homeowners Millions"

  Lola emailed me a link to this regurgitation of the press release: New modelling shows that the average homeowner who did take up the scheme could make... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2021 DEBATE

• "My Confusion and Anger Ended When Our Host Showed Me the Real Physics"

  I did a bit of light trolling at Science of Doom and elicited this response: You are confusing several topics. No I'm not. They are confusing the issue, as he... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2021 DEBATE

• "Why Did COVID Fail to Take off in India and Has Now Collapsed?"

  A good article in The Daily Mail (whose covid-19 related reporting has been very good): Scientists are baffled by the relatively low rate of coronavirus... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2021 DEBATE

• "The Amazing Case of 'Back Radiation' – Part Three"

  

  I dipped back into Science of Doom again for a giggle and ended up at this fine article, it's the third article in a series which is basically a long list of... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2021 DEBATE

• Gloriously Missing the Point.

  From the BBC: Vaccines and treatments could mean that - by the end of the year - Covid-19 is an illness we can live with "like we do flu", the health secretary... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2021 DEBATE

• Land Value Tax Implementation - the Easy Way

  Anytown District Council 1 High Street Anytown AN1 1AA xx January 202x Mr Mrs Smith 1 Acacia Avenue Anytown AN2 4BQ Dear Mr Mrs Smith Your Domestic Rates... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2021 DEBATE

• Cancel Culture

  From the BBC, 4 February 2021: US country star Morgan Wallen has been dropped by his record label, after a video emerged of him using a racial slur. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2021 DEBATE

• Sexy Bagels!

  

  Here's a flyer we received this morning. Seems innocent enough: That can't be said for the Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2021 DEBATE

• Land Value Tax in Baden-Württemberg

  I took part in an online talk/discussion about the introduction of Land Value Tax in B-W on Saturday, led by one of the hardcore Georgists driving it. The... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2021 DEBATE

• Re: Those Experiments Which Purport to Prove the Greenhouse Effect

  

  Here's a typical example: Can anybody see the 'glaring' error? The explanation goes that the atmosphere is largely transparent to shortwave sunlight... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2021 DEBATE

• Write to Your MP. Tell Them Charles Can't Do This.

  Email from Republic: What's the problem? The Duchy of Cornwall, which Prince Charles runs as his own private business, is exempt from lots of different laws. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2021 DEBATE

• Why the Gravito-thermal Explanation Trumps the 'greenhouse Effect'

  From Forbes, replying to the question "If Heat Rises, Why Is It So Cold In The Mountains?": Gas also get cooler as its pressure drops, which it does as it... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2021 DEBATE

• Fun with Climate Models

  I spent most of this weekend calculating solar elevations at different latitudes and different times of the day, which involved a lot of messing about with... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2021 DEBATE

• Heads We're Doomed. Tails We're Doomed.

  Last Tuesday I looked at the Alarmist claim that water vapour/cloud feedback is positive (not neutral or slightly negative, which is what everybody else observe... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2021 DEBATE