

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.
Episodes
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Nov 18, 2022 • 52min
#43 - Indur Goklany: “No empirical evidence that anything bad is happening b/c of climate change”
Dr. Indur M. Goklany, has 30-plus years in federal and state governments and the private sector, during which he has written more than one hundred monographs, book chapters, and papers on topics ranging from climate change, human well-being, economic development, technological change and biotechnology to sustainable development. He has been a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute and was the first Julian Simon Fellow at the Political Economy Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. Working for the U.S. Department of the Interior, he has represented the United States at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and in the negotiations leading to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Is climate change the number one threat to humanity? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.194
2007 book: The Improving State of the World: Why We're Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet https://www.amazon.com/Improving-State-World-Healthier-Comfortable/dp/1930865996/ref=sr_1_1
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: PERCEPTION AND REALITY https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/impacts-of-climate-change-perception-and-reality
Fossil Fuels are the Greenest Energy Sources https://co2coalition.org/publications/fossil-fuels-are-the-greenest-energy-sources/
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Nov 14, 2022 • 1h 22min
#42 - Valentina Zharkova: “in next 30 yrs, global warming prob. will be last thing in our mind”
Graduated with first class with distinction degree in Applied Math from Kiev National University, Kiev, Ukraine (1975); did PhD in Astrophysics ‘Radiative transfer of solar prominences’ at Main Astronomical Observatory, Kiev, Ukraine, viva in 1984. Worked as Researcher/Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer at KNU (1975-1994). In 1992 moved to Glasgow University, UK as Senior Research Fellow to investigate energetic particles in solar flares. Discovered sunquakes induced by flaring processes, published a paper in Nature, 1998 with wide media coverage. In 2000 moved to Bradford University as Lecturer, then Reader (2002) and Professor of Applied Mathematics (2005). Joined Northumbria University in September 2013 as Professor of Mathematics. Taught the key Maths and Physics modules. Published more then 200 papers, from which 3 papers in Nature group journals (during work at NU), one of the papers was predicting the modern Grand Solar Minimum (2020-2053). Published a monograph on particle kinetics, was an Editor a book on automated recognition and classification of digital images and the RHESSI book on high energy particles. Also published 18 chapters in other books. Received funding from European Commission, EPSRC, STFC, the Royal society, the RAS and US Airforce. At NU was the MPEE department Lead in international affairs (2014-2016) and in Equality and Diversity (2018-2020).
About: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/z/valentina-zharkova/
Website: https://solargsm.com/
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Nov 10, 2022 • 59min
#41 - John Droz: “Science is being very systematically and aggressively attacked”
John received undergraduate degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Boston College, and a graduate degree in Physics from Syracuse University. He subsequently worked for GE (Aerospace Electronics: Utica, NY), Mohawk Data Sciences (Herkimer, NY), and Monolithic Memories (Cupertino, CA).
After retiring at 34 (due to his successful investment program) he was actively involved in various community activities. In 1984 John and his wife Elaine bought a rental property in Emerald Isle, NC (sold in 2015). In 2009 they sold their primary residence in NY and moved to Morehead City, NC. Throughout this period they have kept a Summer Adirondack (NY) cottage.
As a resident of the Adirondacks, he has been a participating member of several environmental organizations (e.g., the Adirondack Council, Association for Protection of the Adirondacks, Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, Sierra Club, NYS Federation of Lakes).
This led to a 40+ year commitment as a Science advocate. During the initial years John was a leading individual on three NY state-wide issues: electrical energy options, water extraction, and water quality. He received no funding for any of this activity. In subsequent years, his areas of interest and expertise expanded to include climate change, COVID-19, and election integrity.
John’s main focus is about implementing genuine science as the basis of our technical policies. Unbeknown to most, real Science is under an incessant assault by self-serving lobbyists (e.g., renewable energy lobbyists). His belief is that this undermining of Science (replacing it with political science) will have catastrophic effects on the success and security of our society.
Email: aaprjohn@northnet.org
CO2 Coalition: https://co2coalition.org/about/
The Four Pillars Supporting Climate Change Claims (referencing 60± studies)
Climate Change: The Defense of CO2 (referencing 250± studies)
Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Solar Realities (referencing dozens of studies)
Science is a Process
The Scientific Method
The Russian/Chinese Plan to Bring Us Down
The Relentless Attack on America
Terminology: Some Deceptive Phrases — and Suggested Substitutes
Are Conservatives Winning or Losing?
Why Aren’t Conservatives Doing a Better Job of Public Relations?
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Nov 7, 2022 • 44min
#40 - Jim Steele: “Wrong analyses produce bad remedies”
Jim has a Master’s degree in ecology from San Francisco State University where he was appointed the Director of its Sierra Nevada Field Campus. He served in that capacity for 25 years, building its environmental education program and researching the effects of regional climate change on bird populations as part of the Sierra Nevada Neotropical Migratory Bird Riparian Habitat Monitoring project for the United States Forest Service. Jim’s research culminated in the successful restoration of the Carman Creek watershed and its wildlife. In addition to lecturing at the university, he also taught science at inner-city schools.
https://twitter.com/JimSteeleSkepti
https://perhapsallnatural.blogspot.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7XNHEz2QCJ_Phf2mvDFk0Q
“Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist's Journey to Climate Skepticism” https://a.co/d/00aWWOr
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Nov 2, 2022 • 53min
#39 - Russell Cook: On climate change, “the mainstream media has not done its job”
Russell Cook is an unpaid advisor to Heartland regarding the origins of false 'industry corruption' accusations leveled at global warming "skeptics." Among those occasional contributions is "Merchants of Smear," which was published as a Heartland Policy Brief in 2014. In 2013, Heartland created the bare-bones online structure for his GelbspanFiles.com blog, which has a regular outlet for Cook to provide myriad detail on the way corporate collusion accusations against skeptic scientists and places like Heartland fall apart, and who the people are behind these false accusations.
Cook is the author of numerous articles at American Thinker, RedState, Breitbart,and WattsUpWithThat.
GelbspanFiles: http://gelbspanfiles.com/
"Selling Global Warming to Eskimos" https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/06/selling_global_warming_to_eskimos_.html
Sept 2022 WUWT article: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/26/peer-reviewed-science-journal-report-electric-utility-industrys-role-in-promoting-climate-denial-doubt-and-delay/
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.bl

Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 45min
#38 - Michael Connolly: “People who thought the science was settled are in for a shock”
Dr. Michael Connolly is an independent scientist, based in Ireland.
Lecturer and tutor at third level in the fields of physics, chemistry, electronic engineering, computer science, mathematics, and statistics.
I qualified as a plasterer in 1969, as an electrician in 1970 and have experience in all building trades. In 1975, I built our first house entirely on my own. The last time this house was sold it went for approx. $1 million. Since then, I have designed and built hundreds of buildings and houses.
Michael talks about this paper (troposphere data): https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/19/1/14
Also this paper (climate change expenditure): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/18/4839
Bio: https://globalwarmingsolved.com/dr-michael-connolly/
CERES: https://www.ceres-science.com/
Blog: https://globalwarmingsolved.com/
Open Peer Review Journal: https://oprj.net/
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 1min
#37 - Hugo Kruger: “I’ve seen how people can fall for their own models”
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/HgoKrger1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpOqqU-myLWFp26CiPba4A
Substack: https://hkrugertjie.substack.com/
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Oct 27, 2022 • 1h 7min
#36 - Ronan Connolly: “rural U.S., we're finding it was about as warm in ‘30s, ‘40s as present”
I am an independent scientist, environmentalist and writer.
My primary university degree was in Chemistry, and my PhD in computational chemistry/polymer physics. However, in 2004, I shifted to environmentalism, and began working with my father, Dr. Michael Connolly, on developing sustainable methods of fish-farming, aquaponics and waste-water treatment. We also carried out research into developing low-cost heat exchanger systems and new energy efficient building materials and techniques.
In 2009, we began systematically investigating the challenging subject of climate change in detail. After five years of this research, we realised that we had gained a lot of important insights which would be of interest to the scientific community. We set up a website, OpenPeerReviewJournal.com, where we published all our results and findings as a series of eight scientific papers.
We also realised that our findings could be of interest to the general public, and so we also set up a separate website, Globalwarmingsolved.com, in which we summarised our findings in a less technical format. My mother, Dr. Imelda Connolly, also worked with us on it.
Since then, we have met and/or discussed our findings with hundreds of scientists around the world. We have sought and received useful feedback on our research, and this has led to several useful scientific collaborations. We have written up and published the results of several of these collaborations in peer-reviewed journals (see the “Peer-reviewed publications” section for more details).
In 2018, I began working full-time on my climate change and environmental research through a new international research group, the Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (CERES-Science.com).
Currently, I am writing a book on “Bridging the political divide on climate change” (see the “Ongoing projects” section for more details). I am also continuing my scientific research through a number of collaborative projects with other researchers. We are writing and publishing our findings in peer-reviewed journals as time permits.
Bio: https://ronanconnollyscience.com/
CERES: https://www.ceres-science.com/
Blog: https://globalwarmingsolved.com/
Open Peer Review Journal: https://oprj.net/
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Oct 26, 2022 • 1h 11min
#35 - Lennert den Boer: “It's The Sun, Not Us”
Lennert D. den Boer is a Canadian geoscientist and professional geophysicist, who graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1983. He is a current member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), and past member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) and Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). He has authored or co-authored more than sixty technical articles, published in various geoscience journals, including Geophysics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Prospecting, First Break, and The Leading Edge. He is also an inventor, and author or co-author of twelve geoscientific patents.
Lennert is the author of the 2019 book “It's The Sun, Not Us: How Global Warbling and Green Ideology have Hijacked Science”.
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Oct 24, 2022 • 45min
#34 - Andy May: “CO2-driven climate models of the IPCC are inadequate”
Andy May is a writer, blogger, and author living in The Woodlands, Texas; and enjoys golf and traveling in his spare time. He is the author of three books on climate change issues and one on Kansas history. Andy is the author or co-author of seven peer-reviewed papers on various geological, engineering and petrophysical topics. He retired from a 42-year career in petrophysics in 2016. You can find many of his posts on the popular climate change blog Wattsupwiththat.com, where he is an editor.
https://andymaypetrophysicist.com/
https://twitter.com/Andy_May_Writer
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Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123
Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/
About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html
Notes for climate skeptics:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html
ClimateGate emails:
https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html