Guest “I don’t care who you are. That’s funny right there!” by David Middleton HOPPY’S COMMENTARYCoal is Back… For NowBy Hoppy KerchevalAugust 23, 2021 Coal is hot. Even as the…
Author: David Middleton
I've been a geologist/geophysicist in the "climate wrecking industry since 1981, including a six-year exile into management. The vast majority of my career has been spent in the Gulf of Mexico, primarily in the East Cameron South Addition, Garden Banks (East Cameron South Addition South), Green Canyon and Mississippi Canyon areas.
I also have a strong interest in paleoclimatology and am a frequent contributor to Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com/author/debunkhouse/
California: Curtailing Solar Power & Building Natural Gas Plants… Because…
Because “I don’t care who you are! That’s funny right there!” by David Middleton Solar power delivers more electricity than Californians can use from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and…
U.S. Oil Companies: “Preparing for a life after fossil fuels” by doubling down on fossil fuels
Guest “I couldn’t make this sort of schist up if I was trying” by David Middleton How Big Oil Is Preparing For A Life After Fossil FuelsEuropean oil companies are…
A Peak Oiler and an Abiotic Oil Aficionado Walked into a Bar on the Gulf of Mexico…
Guest “Deepwater trip to Mars” by David Middleton A Peak Oiler would look at this pie chart and declare that 93% of the oil and gas under the US Federal…
Critical Rock Theory
Guest “Surely you can’t be serious” by David Middleton “I am serious and don’t call me Shirley!” H/T to Willie Soon for the article and the catchy phrase: Critical Rock…
Eemian Sea Level Adjusted Downwards
Guest “For once it’s not worse than previously thought” by David Middleton But it’s still catastrophic… Because models… Some Past Sea Levels May Not Have Been as High as Thought,…
Cenozoic Ice Age Caused by Drop in CO2… Because Models
Guest “I couldn’t make this sort of schist up if I was trying” by David Middleton H/T to Robert Bissett… Drop in Greenhouse Gas Caused Global Cooling 34 Million Years…
The Moon: Water ice may be more common than previously thought
Guest “Ice, ice baby!” by David Middleton NASA Study Highlights Importance of Surface Shadows in Moon Water PuzzleAug 02, 2021 The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon’s surface…
The 50th Anniversary of the Genesis Rock
Guest “How about that, geology fans?” by David Middleton 50 Years Ago: Apollo 15 on the Moon at Hadley-Apennine CrewDavid R. Scott, CommanderJames B. Irwin, Lunar Module PilotAlfred M. Worden,…
EIA: “Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020″…
Guest “That’s not how I would have phrased it” by David Middleton JUL 28, 2021Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020 In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar,…
Climate scientists realize models yield “implausibly hot forecasts of future warming”.
Guest “Ya think?” by David Middleton U.N. climate panel confronts implausibly hot forecasts of future warmingBy Paul Voosen Jul. 27, 2021 Next month, after a yearlong delay because of the…
California Importing More Foreign Oil… Because Climate Change!
Guest “Too fracking funny!” by David Middleton CAUSE AND EFFECT: FOREIGN OIL IMPORTS CONTINUE TO GROW AS CALIFORNIA DENIES NEW FRACKING PERMITSBY William Allison Jul. 14, 2021 Citing the need…
US LNG Exports Hit New Record High!
Guest “And the year is only half over!” by David Middleton JULY 27, 2021U.S. liquefied natural gas exports grew to record highs in the first half of 2021 U.S. exports…
Younger Dryas Myth-Busting: Flash-Frozen Mammoths Edition
Guest “Pleistocene elephant hunting” by David Middleton “The body of this mammoth was found perfectly preserved in the Siberian tundra with food still in its mouth and stomach indicating that…
Eos: Climate litigation only needs evidence to succeed… ROTFLMFAO!
Guest “ROTFLMFAO!!!” by David Middleton Climate Litigation Has a Big Evidence GapClimate-related lawsuits don’t often quantitatively link the defendant’s greenhouse gas emissions to the impacts on the plaintiff. Better lines…
Hiawatha Crater: Bracketing the Age
Guest “Don’t mention the YDIH… (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)” by David Middleton The recent discovery of a large, probably young, impact crater beneath the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet…
Summer Natural Gas Prices Reach 7-yr High!
Guest “Thanks Joe!” by David Middleton JULY 22, 2021Summer U.S. natural gas prices are the highest since 2014 In June, the U.S. natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub…
Recovering Ecoterrorist Likely to be Confirmed as BLM Director
Guest “This would make sense if it was the other BLM” by David Middleton Does anyone here remember the ecoterrorist organization Earth First! and their terrorist attacks in the 1980’s?…
US Crude Oil Exports: Record High in 2020, Despite Lockdown
Guest “Yee-hah! ” by David Middleton JULY 20, 2021U.S. crude oil exports reached record levels in 2020 and remain high in 2021 Despite volatility in global oil markets, U.S. crude…
Rick Perry Was Right…
Guest “Only Nixon could go to China” by David Middleton Rick Perry once wanted to abolish the Energy Department. Trump picked him to run it.By Brad Plumer Updated Dec 13,…
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