Tom Nelson David Dilley: “Food shortages looming?” | Tom Nelson Pod #376
David Dilley, a former NOAA and Air Force meteorologist, says climate is driven by natural “climate pulse” cycles from Earth–Moon–Sun gravitational/electromagnetic interactions, not human CO2. He argues warming and cooling have repeated for centuries and claims Arctic ice loss since 1990 is mainly from periodic surges of warm Atlantic subsurface water about every nine years. He critiques NOAA temperature averaging and ice-core CO2 estimates, citing fossil leaf stomata to claim CO2 often exceeded 300 ppm and that most post-1850 CO2 rise is natural. He forecasts a global cooling cycle starting around 2030 lasting 60–75 years, with shorter growing seasons, possible food shortages, and greater energy needs. He advocates shifting climate research funding and expanding thorium/molten-salt nuclear power.
00:00 Shorter Growing Seasons & Food Shortage Warnings (2030s)
00:31 Meet Meteorologist David Dilley + Climate Pulse Tech Overview
03:49 CO₂ Since 1850: Challenging the “All Fossil Fuels” Claim
05:05 Historic Warming & Cooling Cycles: Medieval Warm Period to Today
07:44 Why Arctic Ice Melted (1990–2025): Warm Atlantic Surges
10:52 How NOAA Calculates Global Temps: Oceans Skew the Average
13:39 Earth–Moon–Sun Cycles: The “Climate Pulse” & Long-Term Rhythms
17:49 Gravitational Peaks & the Coming Global Cooling Cycle
21:55 CO₂ Proxies Explained: Ice Cores vs Fossil Leaf Stomata
27:36 Correcting the CO₂ Record: Natural vs Human Contributions
33:10 CO₂ in the Atmosphere: What the Numbers Actually Are
35:30 Ocean Cycles 101: The Atlantic’s 65–70 Year Warm/Cold Pattern
38:42 ENSO Shift Ahead: La Niña to El Niño and ‘Erratic Weather’ (2027–2030)
40:27 2030 Arctic Freeze-Up Forecast: Cold Water ‘Plunges’ and Europe’s ‘Beast from the East’
41:40 All Oceans + Solar/Geomagnetic Cycles: Why the 2030s Could Flip to Cooling
43:16 Energy Crunch in a Cooling World: AI Power Demand, Heat Pumps, and Grid Risk
44:39 Next-Gen Nuclear Pitch: Molten Salt & Thorium Reactors vs Wind
51:39 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Explained: Jet Stream ‘Rubber Band’ Break
55:54 Food & Society Impacts: Shorter Growing Seasons, Europe Cold, and ‘Year Without a Summer’
01:02:54 Wrap-Up: Call to Refocus Research Away from ‘Political Science’
David Dilley’s March 2025 appearance on this podcast (episode #284): https://youtu.be/DKNP_LXp0o8
https://www.globalweathercycles.com/
http://www.globalweatheroscillations.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@DilleyGlobalWeatherCycles
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