Ubiquitously and Totally Wrong

From the desk of Benji Welner in Austin, TX. In The Dark by Brian Gitt. Finished on June 27, 2026. Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ I finally got around to reading In The Dark. It was terrible. I was going to rate it one star until I realized that I control the rating system around here and thus can give it a zero. Gitt consistently and willfully abuses statistics. Take this blatant and infuriating statement: The biggest reductions in CO2 emissions during the past 15 years—over 60%—have come from switching from coal to natural gas (pg 17). This is deceptive. It’s also stupid. It is equivalent to saying that the biggest reductions he’s made in weight gain over the last 15 years came from eating only 15 doughnuts a day instead of 25. You should probably just stop eating the doughnuts altogether Brian. We can actually do the math here. According to the very source Gitt sites for the irresponsible claim above, generating energy via natural gas as opposed to coal reduces emissions by some 44% per megawatt…