Further "Proof" the Global Warming Data Contrived -- Nothing To Do With The Bakken

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A report to be published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation includes a graph of world average temperatures over the past ten years, drawn from the project’s data and revealed on its website.

This graph shows that the trend of the last decade is absolutely flat, with no increase at all – though the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have carried on rising relentlessly.

‘This is nowhere near what the  climate models were predicting,’ Prof Curry said. ‘Whatever it is that’s going on here, it doesn’t look like it’s being dominated by CO2.’

Thank Goodness for the Internet and the Drudge Report -- Absolutely Nothing To Do With the Bakken

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Look at the bias in this report:

Document of the day: The Federal Register Thursday carries a notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture formally withdrawing the proposed 15-cent federal surcharge on fresh Christmas trees.

Just last week, critics pounced on the fee, labeling it as a 'Christmas tree tax.' In pre-election, rapid-response mode, the Obama administration did a same-news-cycle about-face on the fee, which was set to take effect on November 9—just in time for the holiday season. The administration "indefinitely stayed" the new charge, which was technically not a tax but an agricultural promotion assessment designed to encourage the purchase of live trees at Christmastime.

"Just last week, critics pounced...."

If a surcharge is not a tax, what is it?

"Technically not a tax but an agricultural promotion...." oh, give me a break.

"Designed to encourage the purchase of live trees at Christmastime" as opposed to some other time?

I cannot make this stuff up.

Fifteen cents/tree -- at a minimum, it would cost the govt $2.00 / tree to run this program. -- November 17, 2011
 

President Obama put on hold the "Christmas tree tax" of 15 cents per tree. I had several folks tell me I did not understand the importance of this tree tax but I did not post their comments. Their reasoning appeared to be unbalanced. Interestingly I had planned an additional comment on this issue, but for now, can hold off. -- November 9, 2011.

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Does anyone really think the mainstream media will run this story? The president has placed a 15-cent tax on Christmas trees to fund a commission to enhance marketing of Christmas trees. Yes, the same trees that are banned by civil liberty union groups on the basis that it promotes Christianity.

My hunch is that it will cost the government more than 15 cents/tree to administer the program. Wow. Fifteen cents. Where in the world do they come up with this stuff? 

Wow, I can't make this stuff up.

OPEC Raises Price Preference --

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Concerned about a weakening global economy, OPEC says it has no plans to increase oil production for the next few months.

OPEC has also raised its price target for oil: $85 to $95, ten dollars over the 2010 target.

How to FInd Fracking Information at the NDIC Website -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

A reader asked how to find the frack information for a specific well at the NDIC website.

Example:

Go to NDIC web site.

Click on "Basic Services" on the menu on left sidebar.

Enter password. Basic services subscription costs $50/year and is well worth it.

Enter a file number. For this example, I typed in "20335." You will see why I picked this one.

When the well file comes up, click on "Get This Well File" on the left hand menu. It may take awhile for the PDF to download.

Normally, you are not so lucky to get the "Well Completion Report" right at the top. It's often buried under the first five or six sheets, but you get good scrolling through those sheets to find the "Well Completion Report."

But in this case, the report was the first thing to show up (which, as noted, is very rare).

The first page will show IP at the bottom; the second page will show the formation depths and the target; and the third page, at the top, is the frack information, in this case, 38 stages and 4 million pounds of sand.

Another example: 20538. In this case, the fracking information is about five pages down, but it's there.

In some cases, you have to scroll to the bottom to find the information. In some cases, I can't find the information no matter how hard I look.

Feel-Good Story in the Bakken -- North Dakota, USA

This is a great feel-good story.

I understand that there are folks who are frustrated by the Bakken boom. But there's just something about folks who handle adversity with a good attitude that impresses me.

In today's Williston Herald, above the fold, there is a photo of a young woman in her tiny green cabin, a photo taking up the whole upper half of the paper.

The young woman is a teacher in Grassy Butte, North Dakota, population 252, southeastern McKenzie County, perhaps some of the most remote country in the Dakotas. But incredibly beautiful.

I wonder how many folks upset about the traffic and noise in Williston would be willing to switch places with this teacher.

This is the link for tiny green cabins for anyone who might want to "practice."