Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
So I call bollocks on Mr. Plimer.
I do love how these appeals to authority set these things up though:
Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide, and the Director of Multiple Mineral Exploration and Mining Companies. He has published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclopedia of Geology.

Ian Rutherford Plimer; Born February 1946, Residence Australia, Nationality Australian, Fields; Earth Science, Geology, Mining Engineering.
Institutions; University of New England,University of Newcastle,University of Melbourne , University of Adelaide. Alma mater: University of New South Wales,Macquarie University.

Thesis: The pipe deposits of tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in eastern Australia (1976)

Notable awards Eureka Prize (1995, 2002),Centenary Medal (2003), Clarke Medal (2004)
Oh wow, look at all those awards and qualifications, he must know what he's on about...







... Except that he isn't a climatologist, has been widely called to task for nonfactual and erroneous statements, and is completely unobjective.