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Tom Nelson
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Interviews and presentations on climate/energy realism and more, with guests including Will Happer, Jerome Corsi, Marc Morano, Carl-Otto Weiss, Valentina Zharkova, Christopher Essex, Henrik Svensmark, Patrick Moore, Ross McKitrick, Willie Soon, Susan Crockford, Peter Ridd, Christopher Monckton, and Richard Lindzen.
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Ronald Stein: “California Refinery Crisis” | Tom Nelson Pod #401
Yesterday00:52:08Tap to summarizeRonald Stein discusses California’s “refinery crisis,” arguing that heavy regulation is driving remaining refineries to consider leaving, after recent closures and a reported 17% decline from peak refining. He says California is an “energy island” with no pipelines over the Sierra Nevada, so most fuel must be made in-state; otherwise it would come from foreign refineries, potentially in Asia, raising costs, emissions, and national security concerns for military and international airports, ports, and trucking. Stein contends wind and solar only generate electricity and cannot replace refined-oil products used for transportation fuels and countless derivatives. He criticizes politicians and the press for not addressing practical replacement plans and advocates “energy literacy.”00:00 Refinery Crisis Begins00:42 California Energy Island01:22 Fuel Demand Reality Check02:03 Refineries Leaving Warning02:58 Climate Policy Pushback04:12 Voters Politicians Press05:04 Wind Solar Limits06:00 No Backup Plan06:14 Regulators And Newsom08:49 Oil Derivatives Explained09:47 Crude Types And Fracking11:46 How Regulations Drive Out13:15 Outsourcing Emissions Abroad14:39 Import Dependence Grows16:29 Shipping And Port Bottlenecks18:34 Clean Air But High Demand20:20 National Security Takeover Talk22:37 Campaign Silence And Media23:29 Planes Need Real Power24:51 Battery Plane Reality Check25:36 Electricity Imports Warning25:56 Importing Power and Fuel26:17 AI Power Crunch29:08 Refinery Rules and Costs30:54 Foreign Dependence Risks32:25 Scaling Alternatives34:35 Energy Literacy and Policy36:25 Nuclear Future39:26 Wind Reality Check41:32 California Oil Underfoot44:33 Oil Seeps and Tar Pits46:36 Zero Emissions Reality49:45 Global Poverty and Demand50:45 Where to Follow Ronald=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →John Parmentola: “How could Sea Levels Fall by 400 Feet During an Ice Age?” | Tom Nelson Pod #400
5d ago01:14:07Tap to summarizeJohn Parmentola discusses a puzzle of how sea levels fell ~400 feet during ice ages and argues global annual solar input is nearly constant, implying compensating regional heating when the Arctic cools. Using Antarctic ice-core temperature proxies and orbital mechanics, he introduces a new “countervailing obliquity precession effect” (COPE): a biannual insolation asymmetry that increases tropical-zone energy deposition while Arctic summer insolation and melt potential decline, affecting the hydrological cycle, moisture transport, albedo, and glacial descent. He estimates the evaporation energy need (~10^26 J) and says COPE energy over millennia exceeds this. He cites satellite/top-of-atmosphere energy-balance analysis (~1 W/m² net gain) and notes tests: second-half-year precipitation bias, possible Arctic moisture-transport bias, and CO2 outgassing seasonality. Links to his preprint and related work are mentioned.00:00 Sea Level Ice Age Mystery09:33 Warming Before Glaciation12:01 Evaporation Energy Math13:28 Solar Input Basics17:10 Why Insolation Stays Constant20:54 Milankovitch Parameters Explained26:45 Obliquity Heat Redistribution29:08 Seasonal Zone Matrix33:33 Arctic Insolation Then vs Now40:05 Milankovitch Hypothesis Summary40:56 Snow Ice Evidence42:15 Orbit Month Swap43:54 Hidden Insolation Split46:12 Seasonal Energy Gap48:48 Tropical Energy Build50:15 COPE Defined53:01 Satellite Signal Test56:24 Past Interglacial Match59:22 Summary And Wrap01:01:08 Q And A Tests01:05:51 Website And Preprint01:06:30 Economic Growth Detour01:11:21 Final Links Farewellhttps://johnparmentola.com/2019: The Great Mystery of Economic Growth”: https://youtu.be/sx-55BhuFksJohn Parmentola: Estimating the Holocene Warm Period Termination | Tom Nelson Pod #96: https://youtu.be/6c3yW6s0shQ=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Mel Counts: “Olympic Gold; Played With Bill Russell, Wilt, Havlicek & West” | Tom Nelson Pod #399
1w ago00:50:11Tap to summarizeMel Counts recounts growing up in a small Oregon town, being mentored by an early coach, his rapid growth to 6'11", and recruitment to Oregon State, where he made a Final Four and later realized he could turn pro. He describes making the 1964 U.S. Olympic team under Hank Iba and winning gold over the Russians, his most cherished team honor. Drafted by the Boston Celtics, he won two championships and shares stories about Red Auerbach, Bill Russell, travel and pay in the era, and later stops including the Bullets, Lakers, and Suns, facing legends like Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Kareem, and Walton. He discusses pensions, family, faith, giving back, and staying active at 84.00:00 Meet Mel Counts00:21 Small Town Beginnings01:29 Oregon State Breakthrough01:51 Slats Gill Lessons03:12 Final Four Teammates04:01 Olympic Tryouts Camp04:40 Tokyo Gold Medal06:45 Celtics Rookie Life08:21 Traded To Bullets09:25 Scary Team Flight11:21 NBA Travel Pay Then14:53 Red Auerbach Stories16:35 Wilt Chamberlain Era17:42 Rings Watches Stages18:32 Physical Game Changes19:24 Wilt Strength Tales21:24 Guarding Legends Film22:26 Lakers Suns Wilt Sweat23:41 Wilt Helped My Role24:46 Practice With Russell25:39 Road Trip Win Streak26:23 Playing With Jerry West27:30 Game 7 Balloons Drama29:27 Bill Russell The Ultimate Winner30:36 Boston Life Lessons33:02 Hall Of Famers Era33:57 Pete Maravich Memories34:46 Three Point Revolution37:21 Durability And Old School Training39:53 Nutrition And Wilt Hot Dogs41:46 Pensions And Player Benefits43:40 Money Mistakes Then And Now45:17 Rings Faith And Family45:57 Giving Back And Life Advice48:51 Staying Active And Final WrapBasketball Reference: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/countme01.htmlMel Counts highlights: https://youtu.be/7XcO7xAc_r4Mel Counts NBA2K: https://youtu.be/JllZNFwnn9AMel Counts replaces Wilt Chamberlain late in 1969’s NBA championship game seven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnu5vMfPtbw&t=8256s=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Marc Morano: “Great Reject: Triumphant Trump Dismantles the Climate Agenda” | Tom Nelson Pod #398
1w ago01:25:49Tap to summarizeMarc Morano talks about his decades covering climate politics and his view that the climate movement is in rapid collapse due to overreach, public skepticism, and post-COVID distrust of “appeal to authority.” Morano contrasts Trump 1.0’s limited actions with Trump 2.0’s aggressive agenda: hundreds of pro-energy moves, exits from numerous UN bodies, a push to end the EPA CO2 endangerment finding, and a consensus-busting climate report later vacated over procedural issues. He says Democrats, media, Wall Street, and major figures like Bezos and Gates have gone quiet or shifted, while UN COP summits have become smaller and scandal-prone. He warns climate controls may reappear via public-health framing and future administrations.00:00 Marc Morano Returns00:36 Climate Movement Hits Low02:31 Trump 1.0 vs 2.0 Setup04:02 UN Climate Origins and Data Wars07:14 GOP Nominees and Climate Drift09:23 Trump 1.0 Wins and Limits11:27 Biden Reversal and Green Mandates14:57 Trump 2.0 Energy Blitz15:19 Consensus Report Court Setback16:58 Zeldin Targets Endangerment Finding18:55 Iran War and Energy Shock Risk20:00 Media Silence and Narrative Flip21:59 Great Reset and WEF Agenda27:22 Elites Pivot From Climate to AI28:13 COVID Blowback Fuels Skepticism33:42 Mainstream Admits Net Zero Failure40:25 UN Summits Implode at COP3044:28 Amazon Highway Coverup45:39 Burgers Not Bugs46:57 Toilet Paper Contraband49:06 Summit Results Reality Check51:40 Billionaires Media Flip56:11 Energy Boom Coal Security57:56 Climate Agenda Collapse01:00:19 Narrative Culture War01:02:46 Rio Treaty Withdrawal01:05:20 Endangerment Finding Repeal01:08:27 Climate Meets Public Health01:11:31 Next Scares New Summits01:18:43 COP Future And Coalition01:25:40 Closing Thanks And Wraphttps://x.com/ClimateDepotClimate ranked #35 of 39 American voter issues: https://x.com/davidshor/status/2033906948525928569=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Raymond Inauen: “Excellent website: The World of CO2” | Tom Nelson Pod #397
2w ago00:35:30Tap to summarizeRaymond Inauen, a graphic artist with 35 years’ experience, presents a free website of downloadable charts (PDF/PNG/ZIP) meant to teach CO2, climate, and energy basics or serve as a single reference. Charts cover CO2’s molecule, atmospheric composition (about 420 ppm), natural vs anthropogenic emissions (4.9% manmade), ocean/land fluxes, plant physiology (stomata), C3/C4/CAM plants, photosynthesis, and a logarithmic CO2–temperature relationship. He also includes long-term temperature/CO2 history, Holocene and recent warming, sea-level rise since the last ice age, and glacier/tree-line evidence from the Alps. Energy charts break down global fuel use and electricity sources. He adds references, a CO2 mascot “Conrad,” discusses reduced social-media reach, and shares a visual condensing atmospheric CO2 into a 16×16 km cube.00:00 Meet Raymond Inauen00:32 CO2 Molecule Basics01:09 Atmosphere Composition Explained02:17 Natural vs Human CO2 Sources04:18 CO2 Cycle In and Out05:21 Plants and CO2 Benefits06:35 C3 C4 Plants and Greening08:36 Plant Respiration Day Night09:10 Logarithmic Warming Idea10:16 Design Sources and Trace Gas12:11 Exhaled CO2 Context13:01 Deep Time CO2 and Temps14:41 Human Body Carbon Link15:11 Climate History Overview16:13 Ice Ages and Holocene Temps17:45 Modern Warming and Sea Levels19:23 Glaciers Tree Lines Debate23:02 Global Energy Charts Tour28:19 Need a Scientist Narrator30:07 Downloads and Conrad Mascot31:49 Social Media and CO2 Cube34:30 Wrap Up and Website Updateshttps://x.com/theworldofco2https://www.the-world-of-co2.com/co2=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Bernie Lewin: “Origins of the IPCC” | Tom Nelson Pod #396
3w ago01:08:28Tap to summarizeTom interviews Bernie Lewin about his 2017 book Searching for the Catastrophe Signal and his path from local environmentalism to blogging and writing for the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Lewin argues postwar “big science,” shifting religion’s role in policy, and media narratives helped drive recurring environmental scares: DDT, ozone depletion tied to supersonic transport and CFCs, then 1970s global cooling amid energy crises. He claims funding incentives encouraged extreme atmospheric claims, and that policy often diverged from scientific uncertainty. The discussion covers the 1988 Hansen hearing as orchestrated, Thatcher and Bush support for expanded climate science, and IPCC early processes, focusing on the 1995 Second Assessment controversy where summaries and underlying text were allegedly altered around detection and “fingerprint” evidence.00:00 Meet Bernie Lewin00:28 From Environmentalism to Skepticism02:25 Science Replaces Religion04:30 Big Science After WWII06:05 Silent Spring and DDT Panic08:46 Supersonic Jets and Ozone Fears12:29 CFCs and the Ozone Hole18:29 Feedbacks and Funding Incentives21:33 Global Cooling Takes Off22:40 Energy Crisis and Climate Instability28:36 Coal vs Nuclear and CO2 Program36:12 Cooling to Warming Flip39:53 Hansen 1988 Hearing Moment41:32 Thatcher Bush and PoliticsSearching for the Catastrophe Signal: The Origins of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: https://a.co/d/0bmYZdUXhttps://enthusiasmscepticismscience.wordpress.com/about/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Erich Schaffer: “Water Vapor Feedback, Part One” | Tom Nelson Pod #395
3w ago01:51:18Tap to summarizeErich Schaffer argues climate science contains major blunders, chiefly that water vapor cools the planet and provides negative feedback. He explains the greenhouse effect as determined by emission altitude and the adiabatic lapse rate, criticizing older “back radiation” explanations. He claims climate budgets and attribution studies overstate surface emission by assuming Earth’s surface is a blackbody, ignoring water’s non-Lambertian behavior and ~0.91 hemispheric emissivity, which he says inflates the greenhouse effect and misattributes missing radiation to water vapor. He highlights latent heat cooling and contends empirical “proxy” methods used to infer strong positive water-vapor feedback are invalid due to lapse-rate behavior. He concludes climate sensitivity would drop to ~1 K or less.00:00 Meet Erich Schaffer01:06 Why Climate Basics Matter04:52 Greenhouse Effect Explained07:30 Lapse Rate Physics10:52 IPCC Definition Shift12:38 Debunking Back Radiation16:04 Cloud Window Mistake19:25 Latent Heat Cooling20:40 Who Causes Warming31:04 Reading the Spectrum33:46 What CO2 Forcing Means37:03 Deriving 3.7 Wm241:41 Water Vapor Feedback Setup45:35 Models vs Observations46:57 Empirical Feedback Proxies51:10 Calculating Feedback From Slopes54:16 Super Greenhouse Tropics Claim56:52 Lapse Rate Versus Water Vapor58:45 Moist Adiabats And Latent Cooling01:00:58 Clouds Versus Water Vapor Paradox01:05:21 Water Reflectivity And Polar Amplification01:09:55 Infrared Emissivity Of Water01:15:01 Surface Emissions Overstated01:21:16 Reattributing The Greenhouse Effect01:28:30 Thought Experiments Removing Water Vapor01:34:26 Why Regional Proxy Fails01:40:24 Seasonal Proxy Broken By Inversions01:44:37 Sluggish Troposphere Explains Slopes01:49:33 Wrap Up And Next Partshttps://x.com/erich_schafferhttps://greenhousedefect.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Catherine McBride: “Premeditated Industrial Destruction?” | Tom Nelson Pod #394
4w ago01:12:14Tap to summarizeCatherine McBride talks about her paper “Premeditated Industrial Destruction,” arguing UK net-zero policies have driven deindustrialization without lowering global emissions by shifting production and emissions to countries like China. They discuss UK energy reliance on fossil fuels (about 75–80%), gas backup for wind, bans and legal obstacles to new North Sea and shale projects while importing gas, and high industrial electricity costs from wind-related grid and balancing costs plus multiple carbon taxes. McBride criticizes EV mandates and fines, insufficient charging and grid capacity, and policies pushing carmakers and firms like BP away. She says EU net-zero rules hurt farming and industry, notes coal’s role and storage advantages, questions activist funding (including alleged Russian support), and contrasts Norway’s hydro and state oil strategy with UK decisions.00:00 Meet Catherine McBride00:11 How Net Zero Killed Industry02:37 Fossil Fuels Reality Check04:19 Importing Gas While Banning Drilling07:05 Norway Hydro And LNG09:33 Hybrids Versus Pure EVs11:54 EV Mandates And Car Industry Exit15:38 China EVs And Charging Limits19:05 Grid Can’t Handle Electrification35:33 BP Profits Politics And US Option37:37 Free Speech Shift And Chris Wright Wish38:54 UK Cabinet Energy Illiteracy41:29 Coal Mines Versus Activists43:44 Europe’s Coal Reality Check47:50 Batteries and Load Shedding51:45 Why Solar Fails in Britain53:48 Subsidies Warp Farming57:16 Tariffs and Media Blind Spots01:03:29 NGO Funding and Anti-Fracking01:06:29 Russia Gas Markets and Nord Stream01:08:52 Norway’s Oil Wealth Playbook01:10:27 UK Bets on Carbon Capture01:11:37 Trees Beat Tech Wrap-Uphttps://x.com/CeeMacBeehttps://catherinemcbride.substack.com/Premeditated Industrial Destruction?: https://gbbc.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Premeditated-Industrial-Destruction-Final-6th-April-2026-with-added-security-issue-v2.pdf=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Sonia Elijah: “3/11 Viral Takeover” | Tom Nelson Pod #393
May 1001:09:02Tap to summarizeTom interviews investigative journalist Sonia Elijah about her book 3/11 Viral Takeover, a five-year, evidence-based chronicle of the COVID era with 941 citations drawn from FOIA releases, emails, and leaked documents. Elijah argues COVID policy reflected a coordinated, censorship-driven response, tracing a timeline of pre-2020 pandemic exercises, media/government coordination, and conflicts of interest. She discusses the WHO’s March 11, 2020 pandemic declaration, alleged suppression of lab-origin discussion, flawed modeling used to justify lockdowns, and problems with PCR testing. The conversation covers propaganda and censorship networks (including the Trusted News Initiative), suppression of early treatments, harms from ventilators and drugs, and allegations of misclassified vaccine trial and safety data, including pregnancy and myocarditis concerns, urging accountability and preparedness against repetition.00:00 Meet Sonia Elijah00:18 Book Thesis and Censorship01:17 Research Depth and Purpose02:49 Will It Happen Again04:40 Why 3 11 Matters06:01 Pandemic Drills and mRNA Push10:53 Bat Database Goes Dark12:18 FOIA Emails and Lab Leak15:04 Cracks and Conflicts18:10 Lockdowns Driven by Models19:19 PCR Testing Anomalies25:31 Harms and Care Homes26:37 Testing Kit Profiteering29:40 Fear Messaging and Propaganda32:10 Dancing Nurses and Empty Wards33:39 Trusted News Initiative37:17 Natural Immunity Censored38:17 Lancet Study Fallout40:13 Ivermectin Smear Campaign41:57 Silencing Doctors Online43:30 Hospital Protocol Controversies45:09 Redefining Vaccinated Data46:38 Retracted Myocarditis Research48:46 Missing Safety Reports53:31 Pfizer Papers Deep Dive58:13 Vaccine Injured Silenced59:52 Pregnancy Harms Revealed01:04:40 Justice and Accountability01:07:32 Closing Thoughts on the Bookhttps://x.com/sonia_elijahhttps://linktr.ee/SoniaElijahBook Review by Robert Malone— 3/11: Viral Takeover: https://www.malone.news/p/book-review-311-viral-takeoverOrder it at Amazon here: https://www.malone.news/p/book-review-311-viral-takeover=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Thomas Kurz: “Why There Is No Climate Crisis” | Tom Nelson Pod #392
May 601:27:25Tap to summarizeThomas Kurz discusses his upcoming book, Why There Is No Climate Crisis (Kindle in May, print in June), and argues modest warming is largely natural, claiming the IPCC obscures evidence of past climate variability. He explains paleoclimate proxies (oxygen isotopes, carbon-14, beryllium-10) and links climate shifts to Milankovitch cycles, solar cycles, galactic cosmic rays influencing clouds, and ocean oscillations (AMO/PDO). Using temperature reconstructions, glacier, treeline, sea-level, historical freeze, agriculture, insect, and civilization records, he says warm periods brought prosperity while cold periods drove drought, famine, disease, and upheaval. He concludes about half of post-1850 warming is natural, warming is generally beneficial, and future cooling is likely.00:00 Guest And Book Intro00:24 Why He Dug In01:46 Focus On Climate Cycles03:44 Paleoclimate Proxies04:57 Isotopes And Temperature06:48 Cosmic Rays And Solar07:56 Milky Way Climate Cycle12:17 Milankovitch Ice Ages14:28 CO2 Follows Temperature17:10 Holocene Cooling Trend19:29 Schwabe Solar Cycles21:42 Millennial Solar Cycles23:14 Temperature Reconstructions25:04 Glaciers Treelines Seas28:44 Historical Freeze Evidence32:27 Farming And Wildlife Clues37:06 Warm Vs Cold Impacts41:28 Storm Evidence In Proxies44:44 Civilizations And Climate45:48 Holocene Optimum Prosperity47:42 2200 BC Collapse Event48:18 Minoan Warm Period Boom50:47 Greek Dark Ages Breakdown52:53 Roman Warm Period Growth54:23 Late Antique Cooling Plagues56:50 Medieval Warm Period Golden Age59:11 Little Ice Age Hardship01:06:46 Witch Hunts Climate Blame01:09:16 Modern Warming Attribution Debate01:12:17 Ocean Oscillations AMO PDO01:15:44 No Climate Crisis Wrap Up=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
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