I am a Climate Change (human caused) agnostic.

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486. That repeated "graph" of his...

One glance at that "curve fit" on the data and I knew it was bogus, without even breaking out the stat tools. Just drag it over to google images and see that it's been repeated endlessly on denier sites.

So where did it come from? I started looking for the original core data (R.B. Alley, JQSR, 19:213-226), but the links to the original were broken. Then I noticed that that chart wasn't in the original, it was produced by "David Lappi".

Who's he?
Alaska geologist and President of Lapp Resources, Inc.

And Lapp Resources?

Lapp Resources Inc in Wasilla, AK
search.mtadirectory.com › Wasilla, AK
MTADirectory.com >> Wasilla, AK >> Oil & Gas Exploration & Development >> Lapp Resources Inc. Lapp Resources Inc. 10600 Prospect Dr Anchorage AK ...

(Updated May 17, 2006)
LAPP Resources, Inc. is an Alaska-owned independent energy exploration and production company based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

Resume:
http://home.gci.net/~lapres/res.htm

I received a postgraduate Diploma in Geoscience (Mineral Exploration) from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia in 1977 and graduated from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A. with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1974.

I have more than 30 years experience in a variety of international exploration environments. Since 1984 I have concentrated on new ventures, developing and executing exploration programs for six different joint ventures in Australia as an independent operator.

I have exploration experience in geology, geophysics, remote sensing, and drilling, and petroleum development experience gained from the Houston Coalbed Gas Project, Prudhoe and Kuparuk Oilfields on the North Slope of Alaska, the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline, small oilfields in the Midwest USA, and the Lloyd Oilfield and Woodada Gasfield in Australia.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (most recent first):

Alaska Earth Resources, Inc. (Anchorage, Alaska)
Alaska Earth Resources (AERI) is owned in equal shares by David Lappi, Robert Retherford, and Bill Ellis. We formed the company in late 2003 to take ownership positions in mineral exploration properties, and then joint venture those properties with other mineral exploration companies. Since we formed the company, we have staked approximately 1,500 mining claims of 160 acres each, and joint ventured many of them with other companies. Active exploration programs are taking place on several of these claim blocks. We have also joint ventured more than 250,000 acres of native-owned land with other mineral exploration companies and we expect the ongoing exploration programs to yield promising results over the next few years. I remain the president of AERI.

Alaska Earth Sciences, Inc. (Anchorage, Alaska)
Alaska Earth Sciences (AES) is a mineral exploration consulting company owned by Robert Retherford, and Bill Ellis (and previously David Lappi). I joined the company as a partner in late 2003 to pursue mineral exploration opportunities in an era of rising metal prices. I left in early 2006 to pursue other opportunities in the energy field.

LAPP Resources Inc. (Anchorage, Alaska)
Since 1991 I have guided this company to develop new energy playsin Alaska's Cook Inlet Basin and other areas. A GIS database for topographic, land use, land ownership, geological and geophysical data is in use for mapping and resource definition purposes. I remain president of the company.
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Not a climate scientist by any means. But he did have some serious business...oh fuck, this guy has some serious business dealings in Alaska from 2003 to 2010, esp. on the North Slope. Some of it is directly in development, and some in fronting "studies" for bigger players.

WACO : Gas Exploration Proposal browse
waco-ak.org/index.php/Gov/GasExploration

Bald Eagle Energy, Inc (BEEI.OB) Gets Encouragement From LAPP Resources
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
http://blog.qualitystocks.net/category/bald-eagle-energy-inc-beeiob/

Plenty more...

Plus, the source site for the Great Greenland Graph...

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