Peter Lilley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I am a global lukewarmist.
-- Peter Lilley

#Climate Change
The tendency of those committed to the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming to unquestioningly adopt the assumptions, at every stage, that maximise the expectation of calamity should alert us that groupthink is driving the movement.
-- Peter Lilley

#Men #Expectations #Driving
The simple fact is that, since the beginning of this century, the average global temperature has flatlined; indeed, over the past 18 months it has fallen back, and according to the satellite measurements of temperature, it is now basically back at the level it was in 1979, when such measurements started to be taken.
-- Peter Lilley

#Taken #Past #Simple
Scientists would rather change facts than their theories.
-- Peter Lilley

#Facts #Scientist #Climate Change
Given that we are passing the climate change bill, which is based on the supposition that the climate is getting warmer, let me point out that it is now snowing outside, in October.
-- Peter Lilley

#Snow #Bills #October
For a theory to be scientific it must be capable of being refuted by the evidence. Given that we have had three decades of rising temperature followed by a decade of stable and slightly falling temperatures worldwide, how many decades would you require before you are convinced that the theory on which you are committing Â£400bn of taxpayers' money might be slightly wrong?
-- Peter Lilley

#Fall #Rising #Might

This is by far the most serious crisis civilisation has ever faced.
We are running out of time, we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
It could just be a shift on the axis.
We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold.
We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action
We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.
People working on climate change should prepare for catastrophic success.
Is there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?
The European nations take climate change very seriously.

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