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What do you buy the man who has everything?

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Steve Maley

In 1980, for his 55th birthday, my Dad asked for (and received) a truckload of composted cowsh*t. You think my Mom wasn’t a loving wife? Dad had a passion for organic gardening. Also for beekeeping, primitive archery, and fruit trees. He … Continue reading →

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Notes on Obama’s $10-per-barrel Oil Tax, Part 2: Ceteris Ain’t Paribus

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Steve Maley

We looked at the first red flag that Obama’s new tax proposal isn’t the result of deep thought and study in the previous installment, Math Are Hard. All things being equal, ceteris paribus as the economic wonks say, 32 billion … Continue reading →

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Notes on Obama’s $10-per-barrel Oil Tax, Part 1: Math Are Hard

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Steve Maley

Yes, I know that Obama’s $10-per-barrel tax proposal is DOA in Congress. What irritates me is that it is a thoughtless proposal, more about instigating division than about practical benefit. It is as if important policy issues have been entrusted … Continue reading →

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Louisiana is disappearing! (… but not for the reasons you have been told).

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Steve Maley

Sea level rise! South Louisiana is disappearing  — an area the size of a football field disappears every 15 minutes! Or so we’ve been told. The scapegoats range from the oil and gas industry to climate change to invasive species … Continue reading →

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Memories of Hurricane Katrina and Double-U Brooks (from 2010)

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Steve Maley

 I’ve been waiting in the weeds for the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to republish the following piece, my memories of the storm and its impact on New Orleans and New Orleanians. Lightly edited, first published August 28, 2010. I … Continue reading →

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Silencing skeptics – financing alarmists

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Steve Maley

I daresay that most fossil fuel money was long ago driven from the debate or switched sides out of self-interest/self-preservation. It’s high time we question the motives of the Big Money on the alarmist side.

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Can we stop the doom mongering?

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Steve Maley
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On the futility of climate models: ‘simplistic nonsense’

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Steve Maley

Blogging this mainly as a bookmark for future reference. Leo Smith sounds like a brilliant engineer. Note that the post is actually a promoted comment. Mr. Smith’s subsequent comment (1/6/15 at 6:32 pm) is remarkable in its clarity, insight and … Continue reading →

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Ten Years at Redstate

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Steve Maley

Rathergate inspired me to fire the mainstream media in September 2004. That’s when I found Redstate. My morning routine used to be coffee, bagel and either the USA Today or the local paper. The phrase "fake but accurate" jarred my … Continue reading →

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Help launch ‘Tar Sands Messiah’- A film by Tim Moen

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Steve Maley
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