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To: Brumar89 who wrote (73925)	12/30/2016 3:21:15 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

.......... After years of running flat out, U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are lining up repairs to plants in 2017 – but facing a severe labor shortage that could delay work, drive up costs and raise accident risks. Fuel producers such as Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N: Quote) and Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N: Quote) have delayed routine work in the past 24 months amid high margins. Those margins collapsed this year in a global fuel supply glut, providing an incentive for refiners to undertake the shutdowns necessary for maintenance. But refiners are now competing for pipe fitters and ironworkers with a host of billion-dollar energy projects, including Cheniere Energy’s (LNG.A: Quote) liquefied natural gas export terminals and a new petrochemical unit for Dow Chemical (DOW.N: Quote). .......... hotair.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (73925)	12/30/2016 3:54:32 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 86355

I was reading a WUWT article wattsupwiththat.com In it was a link to the Pat Frank presentation. It is a talk about applying generic statistical analysis to find or calibrate the prediction accuracy of the Global Climate Models(GCM). The presentation is 42 minutes and I found I followed the math and the logic. The simple summary is. that using 20 plus years of satellite cloud data and comparing it with what the GCM predicted as cloud cover there was a 4 MW/M2 error in the models. The supposed effect of annual increases in CO2 is 35 MW/M2. The GCM are jokes, how stupid supposed scientists have to be to have faith or belief in them. The following presentation by Pat Frank details some of the devastating predictive weaknesses of climate models, especially their poor statistical management of uncertainty. "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." —John McCarthy This can also be found as wattsupwiththat.com the-needle-in-the-haystack-pat-franks-devastating-expose-of-climate-model-error/