

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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Aug 2, 2023 • 1h 16min
Tilak Doshi: “Rubicon Crossed: Energy World Turned Upside Down After Ukraine War | Tom Nelson #132
Dr Tilak K. Doshi is managing director at Doshi Consulting. Dr Doshi is an industry expert, with over 30 years of international work experience in leading oil and gas companies and think tanks. He has been a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore; Chief Economist at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore; a senior fellow and Program Director at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); Executive Director for Energy at the Dubai Multicommodities Centre (UAE); a specialist consultant for Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); the Chief Asia Economist for Unocal Corporation (Singapore); and Director for Economic and Industry Analysis at Atlantic Richfield Corporation (Los Angeles, USA).
Dr Doshi is the author of many articles, as well as three books on energy economics, the most recent of which was Singapore Chronicles: Energy (Straits Times Press, 2016). He is a Forbes contributor. He has published op-eds in the Straits Times (Singapore), Asia Times, The Spectator, South China Morning Post, Jerusalem Post, Business Standard (India), RealClearEnergy and elsewhere.
He received his PhD in economics from the University of Hawaii on a scholarship provided by the East-West Centre. He was granted the 1984 Robert S. McNamara Research Fellow award by World Bank, Washington, DC, and received a distinction for his MA in economics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Slides for this presentation: https://tomn.substack.com/p/the-rubicon-crossed-the-energy-world
https://twitter.com/tilakdoshi
Tilak’s Forbes articles: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tilakdoshi/?sh=4d099e3a2844
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About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about

Jul 28, 2023 • 56min
Hügo Krüger: The Nuclear Narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #131
Hügo Krüger is a writer, podcaster, and structural engineer with working experience in the nuclear, concrete, and oil and gas industry.
He has a master’s degree in the design of nuclear structures, and has also worked on renewable energy.
Hugo's podcast guests have included Richard Lindzen, Will Happer, Judith Curry, Tony Heller, Patrick Moore, and Noam Chomsky.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hkrugertjie
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpOqqU-myLWFp26CiPba4A
Substack: https://hkrugertjie.substack.com/
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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

Jul 27, 2023 • 34min
Wesley Massumbukolt: Students Against Tyranny | Tom Nelson Pod #130
Wesley lives in Milton Keynes, U.K., studies automotive engineering at the University of Sheffield, and is also a music producer.
https://twitter.com/SATOfficial_1
Students Against Tyranny: https://www.studentsagainsttyranny.com/ (You can donate near the bottom of the page)
Telegram: Students Against Tyranny https://t.me/studentsagainsttyrannyofficial
Good ol' outreach at Leeds: https://twitter.com/SATOfficial_1/status/1676648785542258694
Some people fighting back against Net Zero etc insanity:
https://twitter.com/DebbieTHicks
https://twitter.com/JamesHarvey2503/
https://twitter.com/sandiadams2030
https://twitter.com/SuccessfulGardn
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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

Jul 25, 2023 • 1h 39min
Frank G Lasee: The Truth of Energy & Climate | Tom Nelson Pod #129

Jul 21, 2023 • 1h 7min
Cal Abel: Nuclear Power for Human Flourishing | Tom Nelson Pod #128
Cal is the co-founder and CTO of an energy and governance company, Signal Power and Light, with coal mining operations in Northern Alabama and a special governmental zone, ZEDE, in Honduras, ZEDE Orquídea. Cal’s work in governance and energy as a means of addressing global poverty stemmed from his early economic work connecting statistical physics to economics, which has been completed with The Quantum Foundations of Utility and Value. Cal is an accidental engineer, choosing nuclear engineering on a whim because it was hard and seemed interesting. He served 10-years in the nuclear Navy driving submarines, finishing his last tour as the Engineer Officer on the USS Florida (SSGN-728).
Before leaving the Navy, Cal became interested in climate change after watching An Inconvenient Truth. Confused as to why nuclear was not featured prominently, he modeled a nuclear buildout using Small Modular Reactors to repower existing coal stations and then using the nuclear heat to drive Coal to Liquid synthetic fuels. He presented this to the American Nuclear Society in 2010, The Impact of Small Modular Reactors in a Carbon Constrained Economy, and attempted to patent the technology, but later found that there were already many similar patents from the 1970’s. He even tried to pitch the idea to the coal industry in 2012, but it fell on deaf ears.
Thinking that he was on to something and seeing policy as a major hurdle in preventing a nuclear buildout, he went to Georgia Tech to learn more about public policy and to see if he could find a solution, which he managed to do. His doctoral work created the conceptual design of a sodium fast reactor with thermal energy storage replacing the intermediate loop. He showed that by marrying the two technologies, we separate the kinetics of the energy demand from the reactor kinetics (reactor safety) and can confine the regulator’s warrant to just the nuclear island. 7-months after defending his dissertation, TerraPower took the concept and in October 2018 began detailed engineering of what was to become Natrium. While at Georgia Tech, and in response to Fukushima, Cal suggested to the world that we use concrete pump trucks to refill the spent fuel pools instead of helicopters.
Cal’s current work is revitalizing and adapting the Karrick Process to the swelling coals of the Eastern United States, his company has finished the conceptual design of the pilot facility and will start construction in the near future and hopes that one day he will be able to marry this technology with a nuclear reactor. He has also extended his theoretical economic work and shown the relationship of energy and value with Bitcoin (soon to be published) and for the entire US economy (unpublished). Having developed actual technologies that increase energy access and reduce carbon intensity, he sees the entire global warming policy complex as a scam to give away tax dollars and create fake assets for traders to manipulate.
Coal is not the enemy, bad policy and insufficient energy access are.
https://twitter.com/cal_abel
https://www.signalpowerandlight.com/en/
https://www.signalpowerandlight.com/team/cal-abel/
Cal Abel on the Decouple Media podcast: https://youtu.be/fwacuS1Dy3I
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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

Jul 17, 2023 • 59min
Jusper Machogu: Hard reality of a low-CO2 lifestyle | Tom Nelson Pod #127
Agricultural Engineer, energy freedom/availability advocate in Africa and climate skeptic. What is it like farming without Fossil Fuels/energy/machines? Is it 'Sustainable'? I will show you.
https://juspermachogu.substack.com/
https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu
Wonderful thread—What it’s like to live without fossil fuels: https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu/status/1642391693075836928
Buy Jusper a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JusperMachogu/
Jusper mentioned this Wall Street Silver clip about protests in Kenya: https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1679454106602094594
I mentioned Iain Davis and “Sustainable Debt Slavery”: https://youtu.be/lxkkC4IOLwg
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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

Jul 15, 2023 • 2h 4min
Nicola Scafetta: Understanding Climate Change | Tom Nelson Pod #126
Explore the fascinating connection between solar activity and climate change, as a researcher critiques mainstream climate models. Delve into the disparities of emissions between Western and Eastern nations, highlighting the impact of coal usage. Discover alternative theories that prioritize natural climatic cycles over human influence. The discussion challenges common narratives around electric vehicles and renewable energy, questioning their effectiveness in addressing climate issues.

Jul 13, 2023 • 1h 10min
Meredith Angwin: Shorting the Grid | Tom Nelson Pod #125
As a working chemist, Meredith Angwin headed projects that lowered pollution and increased reliability on the electric grid. Her work included pollution control for nitrogen oxides in gas-fired combustion turbines, and corrosion control in geothermal and nuclear systems.
She was one of the first women to be a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute. She led projects in renewable and nuclear energy.
In the past ten years, she began to study and take part in grid oversight and governance. For four years, she served on the Coordinating Committee for the Consumer Liaison Group associated with ISO-NE, her local grid operator. She teaches courses and presents workshops on the electric grid.
Meredith's newest book release - Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid is an exposé of the insider-ruled practices of the “deregulated” areas of the United States electric grid. Shorting the Grid shows the hidden problems caused by lack of accountability on the grid. Americans need to pay attention to how the grid is managed. Hopeful speeches will not keep the lights on. If you assume that the lights will go on when you flip a switch, you need to read this book.
Meredith has been keynote or featured speaker at several nuclear events, including keynote at the worldwide Nuclear Science Week in 2018.
She and her husband George live in Vermont. They have two children and four grandchildren who live in the New York City area.
Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/shorting-the-grid
“Shorting the Grid” and “Campaigning for Clean Air” at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Shorting-Grid-Hidden-Fragility-Electric/dp/1735358002/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
https://www.amazon.com/Campaigning-Clean-Air-Strategies-Pro-Nuclear-ebook/dp/B01MA5GU9Q?ref_=ast_author_dp
Website: https://www.meredithangwin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeredithAngwin
Email: meredithangwin@gmail.com
On Robert Bryce’ podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBIwPHwg2o
With Jim Meigs: https://shows.acast.com/howdowefixit/episodes/our-electricity-grid-is-surprisingly-fragile-meredith-angwin
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About Tom Nelson:
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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

Jul 6, 2023 • 44min
Ivor Cummins: This is the battle of our lives | Tom Nelson Pod #124
Ivor Cummins BE(Chem) CEng MIEI PMP completed a Biochemical Engineering degree in 1990. He has since spent over 25 years in corporate technical leadership and management positions. His career specialty has been leading large worldwide teams in complex problem-solving activity. His uniquely powerful ability has been to rapidly resolve complex multifactorial issues, involving all branches of science and technology – there has been no field which he could not integrate into successful and rapid resolution. In 2015 he was shortlisted in the top six of around 500 applicants for Chartered Engineer status that year, and also completed a Stanford certificate in technical innovation and entrepreneurial management.
Since 2012 Ivor has been intensively researching the root causes of modern chronic disease. A particular focus has been on cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. He shares his research insights at public speaking engagements around the world, revealing the key nutritional and lifestyle interventions which will deliver excellent health and personal productivity. He has presented on heart disease primary root causes at the British Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) in London. He has also debated Irish Professors of Medicine on stage, at the annual conference of the Irish National Institute of Preventative Cardiology (NIPC). Over the past decade he has captivated audiences all over the world – in USA, UK, Ireland, Estonia, Israel, Switzerland etc.
Ivor’s 2018 book “Eat Rich, Live Long” (co-authored with preventative medicine expert Jeffry Gerber MD, FAAFP), details the conclusions of their shared research: https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Rich-Live-Long-Mastering/dp/1628602732/
His public lectures and interviews are available on YouTube, where he has 230,000+ subscribers and 26 million views have been recorded to date: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPn4FsiQP15nudug9FDhluA
Ivor’s most recent project has been to further democratize health and longevity information via the www.metabolicduo.com platform.
Ivor lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife and five children.
https://covidchroniclesmovie.com/
https://twitter.com/FatEmperor
https://thefatemperor.com/about-ivor-cummins/
www.metabolicduo.com
The mentioned CBDC cartoon: https://twitter.com/FatEmperor/status/1676125225187000320
Jacob Nordangard’s site, and his interview with Ivor:
https://blog.jacobnordangard.se/
https://youtu.be/c5w0znxE0f0
Ivor’s interview with Mattias Desmet. https://youtu.be/dPisp_VgEO8
The mentioned “Liars Compilation” video: https://youtu.be/wL6MId9_T88
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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

Jul 4, 2023 • 1h 9min
Ralph Schoellhammer: Popular Uprising Against the Elites | Tom Nelson Pod #123
Assistant professor of International Relations at Webster Vienna Private University.
My main field of research is political theory and international relations, with a particular emphasis on how culture, values, and ideologies influence state behaviour. I have written and published about the interplay of culture and identity and how it affects social capital formation and social cohesion.
Besides my academic work I am always happy and honored to provide my expertise on contemporary US politics and world affairs for national and international broadcasters, including Sky News Australia and The Hill TV.
https://www.ralphschoellhammer.net/
Podcast, etc: https://linktr.ee/The1020
https://twitter.com/Raphfel
“Climate Activism—Not Climate Change—Is the Real Racist Force. Africans Deserve Electricity”: https://www.newsweek.com/climate-activismnot-climate-change-real-racist-force-africans-deserve-electricity-opinion-1806115
"Climate Activism Isn't About the Planet. It's About the Boredom of the Bourgeoisie" https://www.newsweek.com/climate-activism-isnt-about-planet-its-about-boredom-bourgeoisie-opinion-1773846
“A Popular Uprising Against the Elites Has Gone Global” https://www.newsweek.com/popular-uprising-against-elites-has-gone-global-opinion-1722653
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About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about