I stand by everything that I previously said

THERE is an old saying: “You know you’re over the target when you start catching flak”.

That is certainly true of the plethora of letters attacking me in this newspaper last Friday.

As background, I have done a lot of work in the fields of heat transfer, fluid flow and thermodynamics, branches of physics necessary to understand how the climate works.

I wonder how many of those critical of me have any relevant experience?

In answer to a specific criticism, yes, I do study scientific papers and I do examine the evidence. I do not get my information from politicians, bureaucrats or the media.

In particular, I study the work of independent scientists, particularly eminent physicists. I could cite hundreds of scientific papers by independent scientists in support of my statement.

I treat with a certain amount of scepticism the results of scientists in academia and other organisations that get their funding from governments. Their careers and livelihoods depend to a great extent on producing the results that their paymasters expect.

In summary, I stand by everything that I wrote in my previous letter to the WMN.

Dr Phillip Bratby Rackenford, Devon