Guest post by David Middleton There has been some recent “buzz” about the upcoming Fourth National Climate Assessment (NC4), including some moonbat conspiracy theories that the Trump administration will try…
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/
'The Footprint of Energy: Land Use of U.S. Electricity Production'
Guest post by David Middleton The Strata group at Utah State University recently published a study on the “footprint of energy.” For each energy source, the calculated the full-cycle…
Tesla Solar Roof: 'Deal or Dud'?
Guest post by David Middleton Here’s How Much One of Tesla’s Amazing Solar Roofs Actually Costs Tesla’s price promises savings, but they won’t come immediately. By Jack Crosbie on August…
'Coal plants keep closing on Trump's watch'… And why it doesn't matter to the Resurgence of the American Coal Industry!
Guest post by David Middleton Over the past 10 months or so, articles like this have been a “dime-a-dozen”… ENERGY TRANSITIONS Coal plants keep closing on Trump’s watch Benjamin Storrow,…
End-Permian Extinction Due to Contact Metamorphism?
David Middleton Here’s a novel take on the Siberian Traps and the End-Permian extinction: Geology Massive underground magma pulse caused the world’s largest mass-extinction The end-Permian wiped out almost all…
Global Warming Caused Vikings to Become Terrorists
David Middleton From the Climate Change Causes Everything Files: SCIENCE — We know Vikings as infamous raiders—was that merely a response to climate change? Changing temps may have impacted the…
"New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized"… And hydrothermal oil!
Guest post by David Middleton July 24, 2017 New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society…
Tesla Model 3 Cancellations: 63k
Guest post by David Middleton What do Tesla and OPEC have in common? The more they produce, the more they lose. 63,000 people have canceled their Tesla Model 3 orders…
Earth Overshoot Day: An Anthropocene Fable
Guest post by David Middleton I think future historians will be amazed at how the Anthropocene was filled with more myths and fables than the combined cultures of ancient Greece,…
"We'll Always Have Paris"… Even if every nation fails to live up to their pledges!
Guest post by David Middleton NATURE | COMMENT Prove Paris was more than paper promises David G. Victor, Keigo Akimoto, Yoichi Kaya, Mitsutsune Yamaguchi, Danny Cullenward& Cameron Hepburn 01 August…
"Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal"
Guest post by David Middleton Scana Corp. announced Monday it will stop construction on a nuclear power plant in South Carolina—one of two in development in the U.S. Project costs ballooned in recent…
Glaciers Cause Global Warming?
Guest post by David Middleton Rice University Torres, who joined the Rice faculty in July, is lead author of a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He…
Coal is #1… again.
Guest post by David Middleton Politics and Energy Coal Is Number One STEPHEN MOORE July 28, 2017, 12:05 am Before Donald Trump came along, it was left for dead. Quick:…
Science Gone Stupid: DARPA BS Detector Edition
Guest post by David Middleton ADAM ROGERS SCIENCE 07.30.17 07:00 AM DARPA WANTS TO BUILD A BS DETECTOR FOR SCIENCE ADAM RUSSELL, AN anthropologist and program manager at the Department of…
Fake News: Trump official, Scaramucci, says Earth is only 5,500 yrs old.
Guest post by David Middleton Anatomy of a fake news story. This article appeared in Forbes last week… Trump’s New White House Communications Director Believes The Earth Is 5,500 Years…
Science Gone Stupid: Public Interest in Biodiversity Edition
Guest post by David Middleton DAILY SCIENCE Is interest in biodiversity declining? by Brandon Keim | Jul 26, 2017 Google Trends, the data-scouring tool that lets people explore historical trends in search terms,…
The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry. Part Trois: Going Dutch!
Guest post by David Middleton If President Obama was the “war on coal,” President Trump might just be the post-war “Marshall Plan”… U.S. Coal Finds Footing In European Markets By…
More Fun With Sea Level
The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) is perhaps the best source for sea level data. Established in 1933, the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) has been…
The Solar-Powered Oil Field… An Adjustocene Fable
Guest post by David Middleton This post is sort of a sequel to Charles the Moderator’s “Climate impacts of super-giant oilfields go up with age, Stanford scientists say.” It was…
Sea level rise, subsidence and hurricanes… Oh my!!!
My post about sea level rise in the Adjustocene reminded me of an article from 4 years ago… Five Ways Climate Change Threatens Energy in Texas JULY 18, 2013 |…
Tales of the Adjustocene: Satellite Sea Level Edition
Guest post by David Middleton When the observations don’t match the models, adjust the observations… Satellite snafu masked true sea-level rise for decades Revised tallies confirm that the rate of…
The Mother-of-all-Dead Zones: "Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic's low oxygen oceans"
Guest post by David Middleton Science News Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans Date: July 15, 2017 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: Using a…
Pat Michaels: "A Climate Roadmap for Pres. Trump"
By David Middleton OPINION A climate roadmap for President Trump by Patrick Michaels | Jul 14, 2017 This week, President Trump is likely getting an earful in Paris over his…
The Carbon-Fed "Sixth Mass Genesis" – An Anthropocene Success Story!
Guest post by David Middleton Sixth Mass Extinction or Sixth Mass Genesis? By Chris Thomas July 14, 2017 Animals and plants are seemingly disappearing faster than at any time since…
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