

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 17, 2023 • 1h 16min
Stuart Harris: We're headed towards another glaciation | Tom Nelson Pod #172
Stuart Harris joined the University of Calgary Geography Department in 1969 following earlier appointments at the University of Kansas, Waterloo Lutheran University and the University of Chicago. He has conducted field research in Iraq, Guyana, China (Kunlun Shan) and the former Soviet Union, and his study of landforms in North America includes local and regional analysis of Arctic and Cordilleran environments.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Background
00:36 Understanding Permafrost and Climate
02:27 Climate Changes Since World War II
05:08 Understanding Heat Distribution on Earth
06:28 Impact of Ice and Water on Heat Absorption
08:03 Movement of Heat Around the Earth's Surface
08:53 Understanding Ocean Currents and Their Impact on Climate
11:43 Impact of Cold Dense Arctic Air
15:36 Understanding Warm Air Masses
25:49 Impact of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Climate
37:31 Predicting Future Climate Changes
49:37 Understanding the Role of Carbon Dioxide in Photosynthesis
50:49 Impact of Climate Change on Economics and Energy Sources
54:40 Conclusion: Adapting to Climate Changes
PDF copy of the slides for this podcast, plus PDF copies of two Harris’ papers: https://tomn.substack.com/p/stuart-arthur-harris-information
Bio etc: https://geog.ucalgary.ca/manageprofile/profiles/stuart-harris
Stuart Arthur Harris papers: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stuart-Harris-6
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Nov 15, 2023 • 58min
Benny Peiser: The climate movement is shrinking | Tom Nelson Pod #171
Dr Benny Peiser is the director of the GWPF. He has written extensively on domestic and international climate policy. In 1997 he founded CCNet, the world’s leading climate policy network. A 10km-wide asteroid, Minor Planet (7107) Peiser, was named in his honour by the International Astronomical Union.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Presentation
00:59 The Changing Climate Movement
01:20 Energy Security and Realism
01:43 The Role of the U.S. in Energy Realism
03:17 China's Influence on U.S. Energy Policy
04:26 Energy Realism in the UK
04:34 The Impact of Energy Costs on European Industry
06:26 The State of Coal Power in Germany and the UK
08:07 The Future of Coal in the UK
11:32 The Impact of Anti-Hydrocarbon Protests
13:05 The Shift in Public Concerns
13:19 The History and Future of Climate Science
22:29 The Role of Fear in Environmental Movements
26:52 Predictions for the Next Climate Conference
29:33 The Green Net Zero Agenda and Its Future
29:51 The Potential of Nuclear Technology
30:18 The Crisis of Renewables and the Hope for Nuclear Renaissance
31:32 The Impossibility of a Major Country Powered Solely by Wind and Solar
32:27 The Rising Interest in Nuclear Energy in Europe
33:38 The Path from Fossil Fuels to Nuclear Energy
34:00 The Role of Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy in Load Following
37:09 The Shift in Energy Policies in European Countries
39:28 The Importance of Encouraging Proper Discourse and Debate
52:22 The Future of Heat Pumps and Electric Vehicles in the UK
56:01 The Role of Economic Development in Environmental Protection
57:07 Closing Remarks and Future Projects
https://twitter.com/GWPF_org
https://www.thegwpf.org/
https://twitter.com/NetZeroWatch
https://www.netzerowatch.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@NetZeroWatch
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About Tom Nelson:
https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR
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Nov 14, 2023 • 2h 9min
Jonathan Cohler/Willie Soon: Climate Science Lies and Artificial Intelligence | Tom Nelson Pod #170
Physicist Jonathan Cohler discusses climate science and artificial intelligence. Topics include lies in climate science, the controversial hockey stick graph, the fallacy of consensus, dangers of advocacy journalism, misleading IPCC publications, debunking climate change myths, corruption of peer review, impact of urban heat island effect, reality of climate science degrees, truth about climate change funding, lies of climate models, and truth about large language models.

Nov 10, 2023 • 50min
Willie Soon: Bad Data: Are NASA, NOAA and EPA Violating the Data Quality Act? | Tom Nelson Pod #169
Dr. Willie Soon, an astrophysicist and geoscientist, is a leading authority on the relationship between solar phenomena and global climate. In this 32+ years of singular pursuit, he seeks to understand the Sun-Earth relations in terms of not only meteorology and climate, but also in terms of orbital dynamics of Sun-Earth-other planets interactions, magmatic (volcanoes) and tectonic (earthquakes) activities. His discoveries challenge computer modelers and advocates who consistently underestimate solar influences on cloud formation, ocean currents, and wind that cause climate to change. He has faced and risen above unethical and often libelous attacks on his research and his character, becoming one of the world's most respected and influential voices for climate realism. In 2018, he founded the Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (CERES-science.com) in order to tackle a wider range of issues and topics without fears nor prejudices.
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Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/bad-data-are-nasa-noaa-epa-and-ipcc
Willie Soon on my podcast #29: “This CO2 stuff is...pure delusion”: https://youtu.be/SWox_kECjfM?si=iVOqBumAgq01sEbG
Willie Soon on my podcast #79: “Global warming: Mostly human-caused or natural?” https://youtu.be/djvfutJWRhY?si=Ad9JBbJocaXsU2mL
Soon/Connollys: Challenges of the detection and attribution of global warming | Tom Nelson Pod #153: https://youtu.be/yu_7lbXD3e0?si=ABsbrUwOpgZzJmOY
00:00 Introduction and Presentation Overview
00:25 Understanding the Climate Narrative
00:59 The Role of NASA, NOAA, EPA, and IPCC
03:11 The Importance of Data Quality and Compliance
04:59 The Problem with Current Climate Models
12:42 The Impact of Urbanization on Climate Data
22:46 The Inconsistencies in NOAA's Adjustments
24:26 Comparing Urban and Rural Climate Data
25:39 Understanding Rural Record and Sea Surface Temperature
26:01 Attribution Cost and Climate Change Causes
26:33 The Role of the Sun in Climate Change
26:41 The Impact of Volcanoes on Climate
27:48 The Influence of Solar Energy on Climate
28:32 The Underestimated Role of the Sun
28:46 The Dynamic Nature of Solar Energy
29:32 The History of Solar Activity
30:22 The Influence of Solar Activity on Climate
31:00 The Consequences of Misinterpretation of Data
35:21 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
CERES news: https://www.ceres-science.com/news
Please help support independent science by donating to CERES-science.com:
https://www.ceres-science.com/support-us
https://globalwarmingsolved.com/
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Nov 8, 2023 • 45min
Bruce Everett: Six Myths about Climate | Tom Nelson Pod #168
Bruce M. Everett, PhD, is a specialist in global oil markets and international energy and environmental policy. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University and MA, MALD and PhD degrees from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
After starting his career in the International Affairs Office of the U.S. Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies between 1974 and 1980, he served as an Executive for the ExxonMobil Corporation with assignments in strategic planning, business development in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, coal mining, electric power operations in Hong Kong, government affairs, and the commercialization of advanced gas to liquids technology.
Following his retirement from ExxonMobil, he taught energy economics for 17 years at the Fletcher School and for 10 years at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the CO2 Coalition.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Background
01:14 Debunking Climate Change Myths
01:38 The Misconceptions about Carbon Dioxide
10:00 The Truth about Renewable Energy
16:25 The Reality of Global CO2 Emissions
23:05 The Fallacy of Energy Transition
25:18 The Moonshot Fallacy and its Corollaries
32:46 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/six-myths-about-climate
https://co2coalition.org/teammember/bruce-everett/
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Nov 7, 2023 • 1h 16min
Yonatan Dubi: Biases in the Knowledge System | Tom Nelson Pod #167
Full professor of theoretical chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
The current system of knowledge dissemination, including research, synthesizers, disseminators, and evaluators, is impacted by inherent biases and implications of political agendas. Also mentioned: how universities are being influenced to align with certain global sustainability goals, touching upon funding, academic freedom, and potential manipulation of consensus.
https://twitter.com/DubiYonatan
“Ninety-Nine Percent? Re-Examining the Consensus on the Anthropogenic Contribution to Climate Change”: https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/11/215
00:00 Introduction
01:37 Current Situation in Israel
03:59 The Knowledge System: From Academia to the Public
07:54 The Role of Universities in Knowledge Accumulation
21:09 The Flaws in the Knowledge System
33:23 Pakistan flood falsehoods
37:03 The Role of Funding in Research
59:09 The Dangers of Politicizing Universities
01:03:39 The Importance of Science Literacy
01:06:11 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

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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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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About Tom Nelson:
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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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