Reply was ill-informed (From Bucks Free Press)

• "Such anger! If it wasn't for the lack of terrible puns every other sentence, I would think you were the Carbon Coach in disguise.
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  Tell you what, in an attempt to calm things down, I'm going to attempt to discuss Mr Alexander's letter and exactly why I find it so amusing.
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  Firstly, I never claimed that the global warming debate had quietened down, I noted that it had dropped off on every recent poll of public concerns. I wouldn't mind, but, my letter was about 6 lines long and he still missed the point.
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  Secondly, I have no interest in lobby groups on either side of any debate. The position of Heartland or Greenpeace etc have no relevance. To bring them up is bizarre in the first place. To consider them a gauge of the state of the debate is just confused.
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  Even then, did Mr Alexander, apparent king of internet searches, fail to read about the leaked UEA emails and the ensuing mess? Hide the decline, Mann's dirty laundry? The entire Briffa divergence problem? I've never seen him write a letter even acknowledging these events, let alone imploring readers to google for it. It's all rather amusingly one-sided. But I digress.
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  Finally, slightly back towards the point my letter raised, we are treated to the patrons list of "Population Matters". Unfortunately, considering the Royal Society's motto 'Nullius in verba', I was disappointed that Mr Alexander failed to appreciate the irony of an appeal to authority as a "closer" to his argument.
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  The fact that James Lovelock, who recently dissented from his previously alarmist position over global warming, is present on the list is just a cheeky bonus.
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  That is why I found it "fantastically weird", but then, considering he has previously stated that his daffodils proved anthropogenic global warming, I shouldn't be surprised."
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