{"id":82729,"date":"2016-03-09T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82729"},"modified":"2025-04-23T19:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:46:52","slug":"a_blogger_for_balanced_debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82729","title":{"rendered":"A blogger for balanced debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>He is Blair King, who almost personifies our Resource Works\u2019 commitment to balanced debate on responsible development of our natural resources. He\u2019s well worth following on his blog site, and on Twitter (@BlairKing_ca).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blair can get very deep into science and analysis, as he did in a recent blog challenging a young scientist\u2019s findings on the prevalence of those warm Chinook winds in Alberta. (This followed actor Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s thoroughly un-scientific attempt to link Chinooks to global warming.)<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/post-image-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96983 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/post-image-37.jpg 400w, https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/post-image-37-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/post-image-37-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Blair\u2019s finding on the young scientist\u2019s work: \u201cThis analysis provides an excellent example of how a data analysis can look really good on paper but can subsequently risk coming to conclusions unsupported by the data used in the analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blair can also hit public-interest nails on the head with great accuracy, balance and a scientist\u2019s judgment. Example: \u201cIf we are going to meet our Paris Agreement targets we will need a LOT more electricity.\u201d That blog is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/achemistinlangley.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/03\/a-non-partisan-look-at-british-columbias-energy-picture-in-light-of-the-paris-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some other recent writings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/achemistinlangley.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/23\/cap-and-trade-a-well-intentioned-system-that-can-hurt-the-virtuous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cCap and Trade: a well-intentioned system that can hurt the virtuous\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/achemistinlangley.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/31\/on-the-empty-platitudes-of-the-anti-pipeline-advocates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cOn the empty platitudes of the anti-pipeline advocates\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is, by profession, a registered professional chemist and a registered professional biologist with an interdisciplinary PhD in chemistry and environmental studies. 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