Mark

For those who were wondering, like me, where Mark had got to, it appears, sadly, that he has died.

There is an obituary by Thomas B Hall here

Censorship

I've just received the following two emails:

From: Blogger
To: blah
Subject: Your post titled 'Take that, Ms Harman!' has been deleted
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:15:45 +0000

Hello,
As you may know, our community guidelines (https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy) describe the boundaries for what we allow – and don't allow – on Blogger. Your post titled ‘Take that, Ms Harman!’ was flagged to us for review. We have determined that it violates our guidelines and deleted the post, previously at http://markwadsworth.blogspot.com/2011/10/take-that-ms-harman.html.

Why was your blog post deleted? Your content has violated our Illegal activities policy. Please follow the community guidelines link in this email to learn more.

If you wish to request a review of the post, click the following link: https://www.blogger.com/go/appeal-post?blogId=1141932539860553199&postId=2949364971607555706. This will trigger a review of the post.

We encourage you to review the full content of your blog posts to make sure that they are in line with our standards, as additional violations could result in termination of your blog.

For more information, please review the following resources: Terms of Service: https://www.blogger.com/go/terms Blogger community guidelines: https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy

Yours sincerely,
The Blogger Team

and

From: Blogger
To: blah
Subject: Your post entitled 'Nuts Magazine' has been put behind a warning for readers
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:03:54 +0000

Hello,
As you may know, our community guidelines (https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy) describe the boundaries for what we allow – and don't allow – on Blogger. Your post titled 'Nuts Magazine' was flagged to us for review. This post was put behind a warning for readers because it contains sensitive content; the post is visible at http://markwadsworth.blogspot.com/2014/04/nuts-magazine.html. Your blog readers must acknowledge the warning before being able to read the post/blog.

Why was your blog post put behind a warning for readers? Your content has been evaluated according to our adult content policy. Please follow the community guidelines link in this email to learn more.

We apply warning messages to posts that contain sensitive content. If you are interested in having the status reviewed, please update the content to adhere to Blogger's community guidelines. Once the content is updated, you may republish it at https://www.blogger.com/go/appeal-post?blogId=1141932539860553199&postId=443624183410766575. This will trigger a review of the post.

For more information, please review the following resources: Terms of Service: https://www.blogger.com/go/terms Blogger community guidelines: https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy

Yours sincerely,
The Blogger Team

Have we been hacked? Does anyone know what is going on?

Oil - a fossil fuel or a mineral?

This is in the nature of a question.

Wandering around the interweb I have found quite a bit of debate as to whether crude oil is actually, or entirely, a fossil fuel.  There is some speculation that oil is - possibly in part - a mineral created abiotically at depths where heat from the mantle and pressure synthesizes carbon and other elements into crude oil.

One of the arguments is that crude has been recovered at depths below the lowest fossil depths.  The latter being about 2,600 meters down.  Whereas crude oil has been recovered from depths way below that.  maybe 8,000 to 10,000 meters down.  I do acknowledge that one cannot simply take the length of a bore as a guide to depth because of the horizontal drilling that oil exploration is capable of (Deepwater Horizon was doing that - apparently).

Anyway, has anyone else any thoughts or evidence or whatever?

More evidence that AGW is a scam

Whilst the Greta Thunbergs of this world have been wringing their hands and wailing about the disaster that will follow if we don't cut back on CO2 emissions, the planet has been quietly making the most of a good thing.

The planet is greening. Not only has this implications on shrinking the deserts, but it also means that yields of crops have been going up as well.

We are supposed, however to disregard the benefits of additional CO2 in the atmosphere because of a hypothetical disaster that it might cause in the future. Is this not the essence of a scam? For a definite cost in the present, you are promised large but uncertain rewards in the future. It's the same whether it is a "pump and dump" scheme or a ground source heat pump: the promoter walks away with a nice profit and the customer might or might not see their money again some time well into the future.