

Tom Nelson
Thomas Nelson
Interviews and presentations on climate and energy realism, 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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Nov 2, 2023 • 54min
Karthik Krishna: Environmentalism Hijacked | Tom Nelson Pod #166
About Karthik Krishna:
▪ Served in various roles with high-end hospitality brands
▪ Awarding winning contributor to US NIST-led Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
▪ Volunteer, Space Foundation Global Headquarters & Discovery Center
▪ Research Engineer, Endres Machining Innovations
▪ MS-ME and MBA, Michigan Technological University
Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/environmentalism-hijacked-by-woke
https://kkrishenergy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kkrish379
https://twitter.com/Kkrish0Krishna
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
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Nov 1, 2023 • 50min
Brian Gitt: More energy and better energy | Tom Nelson Pod #165
Follow Brian on X (Twitter) @BrianGitt
Get his book In The Dark at briangitt.com
Subscribe to read his articles on energy, investing, and decision making.
Brian leads business development for a startup developing next-generation nuclear technologies to deliver reliable low-cost clean energy 24/7. He spent over two decades building companies in the clean energy industry—first as executive director of a green building trade association, then as CEO of a consulting firm specializing in clean energy. More recently he founded UtilityScore, a software startup that estimated utility costs and savings for 100M+ homes, and he led business development at a hard tech company developing wireless power. He now writes and speaks about the need for energy that’s clean, reliable, and affordable.
Brian’s “Confessions of an Environmentalist” video here has 1.7M views:
https://www.prageru.com/video/confessions-of-an-environmentalist
Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/fixing-energy-policies-that-hurt
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Oct 31, 2023 • 1h 10min
Mike Wallace: Solar forcing accounts for most if not all climate change | Tom Nelson Pod #164
Published in Hydrology, Seasonality, Climate and Respiratory Virus Patterns.
Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/conceptual-model-of-a-solar-forced
https://twitter.com/Mike8Wallace
https://www.abeqas.com/
Mike’s 2019 paper: “Application of lagged correlations between solar cycles and hydrosphere components towards sub-decadal forecasts of streamflows in the Western USA” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2019.1567925
00:00 Introduction
01:02 Understanding Hydroclimatology and Solar Forcing
07:57 Misrepresentations in Climate Science and the Role of Solar Forcing
12:39 Exploring the Correlation between Sunspot Numbers and Climate Patterns
19:36 Understanding the Role of CO2 and Ozone in Climate Change
47:55 Concluding Remarks and Future Research Directions
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Oct 28, 2023 • 49min
Ken Braun: Following the money and influence in politics | Tom Nelson Pod #163
Ken Braun is Capital Research Center’s senior investigative researcher and authors profiles for InfluenceWatch.org and the Capital Research magazine.
He previously worked for several free market policy organizations, spent six years as a chief of staff in the Michigan Legislature, and also wrote political columns for MLive Media Group, a consortium including the Grand Rapids Press and seven other mid-sized Michigan newspapers. He is an alumni of Michigan State University.
Ken Braun with Hugo Kruger: “The Anti-Nuclear NGO Industrial Complex”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24vUIWK19I4
https://twitter.com/BraunKen
https://capitalresearch.org/person/ken-braun/
This piece was mentioned by Ken Braun in this podcast: “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” by Marc Andreessen https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/
At 0:45 here: “we've revealed how radical groups, funded by George Soros, hired rent-a-mobs to incite others to riot in Ferguson, Missouri” https://youtu.be/3QmnSVmvwwQ?si=a96qI6qha8kWMCbx
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
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About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about

Oct 26, 2023 • 2h 9min
Dave Collum: “These clowns can’t even account for clouds” | Tom Nelson Pod #162
Prof of Organic Chemistry @ Cornell. Libertarian. Fan of Austrian business cycle, Zero Hedge, gold. Biggest bear.
00:00 Introduction
02:44 Dave's path to climate realism
13:53 COVID
21:03 On peer review
24:09 The Real Anthony Fauci
30:26 John Sarno
34:58 RFK Jr
38:52 2024 Presidential election
46:11 Whitney Webb
01:03:41 Rogan
01:04:43 Multidecade bear market ahead?
01:09:06 Bitcoin
01:17:24 Inflation
01:27:08 Housing crash?
01:34:38 Buffett/Munger
01:35:59 Musk/Tesla
01:41:32 Dave as a human router
01:46:19 Edward Dowd
01:47:45 More climate content
01:48:21 More climate content
01:48:52 Wisest climate realists
01:57:59 Odd Twitter algorithms
https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum
https://chemistry.cornell.edu/david-b-collum
Dave’s 2019 Year in Review covers climate change brilliantly, starting on page 56:
https://cm-us-standard.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2019-Year-in-Review-Final-pdf.pdf
2022 The Year in Review: The War in Ukraine: https://peakprosperity.com/2022-the-year-in-review-the-war-in-ukraine/
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About Tom Nelson:
https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
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About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about

Oct 24, 2023 • 1h 4min
Sharon Camp: CO2 Learning Center (scientific reality for young people) | Tom Nelson Pod #161
About Sharon Camp:
BS degree from The University of Georgia in 1978 in Geology
Taught public high school for six years
Ph.D. degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1989 Analytical Chemistry
Worked in telephone industry for one year, worked for the EPA for two years
Stayed home with my daughter until she was six, then got involved in her school
Hired as a supplemental educator for my daughter's elementary school
Returned to teaching as a high school teacher, teaching AP Environmental Science and Chemistry for 15 years
Retired in 2019
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Presentation starts
22:38 Kicked out of Nat'l Science Teachers convention
48:51 Q and A
Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/the-state-of-science-education-in
https://co2coalition.org/teammember/sharon-camp-senior-education-advisor/
https://www.federationforchildren.org/
https://parentingmode.com/homeschooling/
https://www.cyprus-ceo.com/22664/how-to-beat-bad-science/
https://static.nsta.org/pdfs/PositionStatement_ClimateScience.pdf
https://co2coalition.org/publications/challenging-the-nsta-position-on-climate-change/
https://co2coalition.org/
https://co2learningcenter.com/
Next Generation Science standards site on “Earth and Human Activity”: https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess3-5-earth-and-human-activity
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Oct 21, 2023 • 1h 1min
Randall Bock: Overturning Zika: The Pandemic That Never Was | Tom Nelson Pod #160
Randall Bock: Primary care physician, author of Overturning Zika, "The Pandemic That Never Was"; hoping to free the tropics' ~billion young families from a misapplied fear
Bock’s 2022 book “Overturning Zika: The Pandemic That Never Was”: https://www.amazon.com/Overturning-Zika-Pandemic-That-Never-ebook/dp/B09X4YDYC3
Zika: A Trial-Run for a Panic-Pandemic: https://www.thenewera.uk/p/zika-a-trial-run-for-a-panic-pandemic
Bock interviewed by Ivor Cummins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwWQNxNXrE
https://twitter.com/DrRandallBock
https://www.youtube.com/@RandallBockMD
https://randybock.com/
Bock’s interview with Matthew Wielicki: https://www.youtube.com/live/vc6igbcu6JQ?si=5QUww4x3Zto1mSgs
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Oct 20, 2023 • 44min
Criminologist David Howard: Dissertation on fraud | Tom Nelson Pod #159
Law graduate David Howard is “London Hebrew” on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidAHoward
Tweets about his disseration: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Adavidahoward%20dissertation&src=typed_query
Blog: https://informrevolution.blogspot.com/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
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Oct 17, 2023 • 1h 11min
Will Happer: CO2, the Gas of Life | Tom Nelson Pod #158
William (Will) Happer, the Cyrus Fogg Bracket Professor of Physics and one of the pioneers in the field of optically polarized atoms, is transferring to emeritus status at the end of this academic year. Will is known for developing rigorous theories to analyze his elegant atomic physics experiments as well as for extensive service to Princeton and the U.S. government. His research has initiated several vibrant fields outside of atomic physics.
He has published over 200 scientific papers. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He was awarded the 1997 Broida Prize and the 1999 Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society.
00:00 Introduction
07:48 Strategic Defense Initiative
14:11 Let's talk about the science
25:02 Equation of transfer
44:33 Saturation and barn paint
49:21 RuBisCO
57:07 Noble Lies
01:07:54 CO2 Coalition
More about Will Happer: https://dof.princeton.edu/people/william-happer
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About Tom Nelson:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR
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Oct 16, 2023 • 57min
Marcel Crok: Twenty years covering the climate debate | Tom Nelson Pod #157
Science writer, climate optimist, speaker
Co-founder of the Climate Intelligence Foundation: https://clintel.org/
World Climate Declaration, plus all signatories: https://clintel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WCD-version-081423.pdf
https://twitter.com/marcelcrok
Climate Dialogue: https://www.pbl.nl/en/news/2012/pbl-knmi-and-crok-launch-climate-discussion-platform-climatedialogueorg
2005 hockey stick article: https://climategate.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/NWT-feb-2005-hockey-stick-English.pdf
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About Tom Nelson:
https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about