Punxsutawney Phil a global warming "denier"?

Well, that what the anthropogenic global warming fear mongers would say. This morning our furry friend, Phil, saw his shadow and had the audacity to predict six more weeks of winter! This prediction comes on the heels of Russian scientist Khabibullo Abdusamatov's recent proclamation that the earth started a cooling trend in the 1990's due to solar cycles. He goes on to state that this cooling cycle will end approximately 2041 when the earth will be plunged into another Little Ice Age, similar to the Maunder Minimum.

So much for anthropogenic global warming - time to go play in the snow!

Al Qaeda stoops to a new savage low

The FDC is greatly influenced by The Great Communicator, and makes a concerted effort for the blog to reflect the good spirit and optimism exuded by Ronaldus Magnus. However, we interupt this blog for a short rant:

Linked on Drudge today was news that Al-Qaeda used remote control (BASTARDS!) explosives strapped to two women with Downs Syndrome to kill at least 70 in a market in Baghdad.

"...the women were apparently unaware of what they were doing...."

Some opponents of the war will say, "see the surge is not working", while putting aside the fact that this a dispicable and inhumane act by savages who are running out of "brave" male jihadists that don't want to blow themselves up in a losing effort.

We now return to the regular good will and optimism normally exhibited in the blog.

One more thing. If you wish, contribute to the National Downs Syndrome Society here.

Oil is a "fossil fuel"? Maybe not.

The National Review's Planet Gore blog points out today that an article in this month's Science Magazine (which The FDC points out is a "peer-reviewed general-science journal"), shows that oil may not be made up of dead dinosaurs as most of us believed.

Unbeknownst to many (excluding The FDC) there are two competing theories about how oil and natural gas is created:

1. Biogenic (the "fossil fuel" theory): Oil is created by the compression and chemical changes in the remains of biological organisms over centuries or millenia.


2. Abiogenic: Oil is created by chemical changes in carbon in the earth's mantle.

Although both theories have been around a long time, the biogenic theory became CW.

The Science Mag article concludes that:

"Our findings illustrate that the abiotic synthesis of hydrocarbons in nature may occur in the presence of ultramafic rocks, water, and moderate amounts of heat."

This article will doubtless inspire more study, and if it is found to be fact will likely drastically change where oil exploration is taking place. The Peak Oil movement will be nervously looking on, and preparing their spin. The FDC believes that the Peak Oil theory is a bunch of hooey, and that subject will be covered here in future posts.

Who knows? Maybe an oil rig will be coming to your backyard, and help you send your kids to college.

Exxon Mobil Posts Record Profits

Good for them. Good for them and all of their millions of shareholders whether it be you, your next-door neighbor, or VP Dick Cheney. The amount distributed to shareholders in 2007 totalled $35,600,000,000! No, it didn't go to The Man.