Tom Nelson

Thomas Nelson
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Jun 21, 2023 • 58min

Irina Slav: Challenging the dominant narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #119

Irina has written about oil, gas, and all things energy since 2016. Her main focus is the reality of energy security and the many fantastical facets of the energy transition. Her work appears on Oilprice.com and Substack at Irina Slav on energy. Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrinaSlav1 Substack: https://irinaslav.substack.com Irina’s Oilprice.com articles: https://oilprice.com/search/tab/articles/irina_slav Ice throw from wind turbines: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-186X/4/1/4 00:00 Introduction 01:51 Evil subsidies 05:13 Intermittent power: Not enough or too much 08:18 China producing solar panels using cheap coal power 09:33 Many climate cultists are young people looking for meaning 12:09 China's energy mix 14:13 Don't forget the grid connections 17:25 Hacking renewable energy 19:43 Green jobs? 23:35 Dysfunctional solar panels 25:10 Fire danger 27:45 Ask questions when things don't add up 29:34 Green delusions 32:26 Children mining in Africa 33:52 Rube Goldberg power 37:00 Animal fat-powered jets? 38:48 Putting wind turbines and solar panels in landfills? 41:20 Ghost wind and solar facilities? 43:07 Current oil supply 45:52 Energy transition hype 48:36 Big oil exiting wind and solar 53:15 People ask more questions if you hit them in the wallet 54:18 Rise and Fall of ESG 55:40 Looming totalitarianism? —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 20, 2023 • 48min

Lois Perry: Fighting for energy/climate realism in the U.K. | Tom Nelson Pod #118

For 18 years, Lois has been a regular commentator on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show. She has appeared on Channel 5 as a panelist on the Jeremy Vine Show on numerous occasions and also on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Essex, LBC, etc.  Lois regularly provides her commentary and appears regularly on GB News and Talk Radio. CAR26 campaigns for informed rational analysis of climate matters with an irreverent satirical spin – poking fun and calling out hypocrisy. CAR26: https://car26.org/ https://twitter.com/CAR26_ORG Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoisPerry26 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LoisPerry-CAR26 Here’s the mentioned clip of Boris Johnson’s dad suggesting you won’t be allowed to “go on a plane”: https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1591766939436986368 00:00 Introduction 01:10 Straight talk 01:49 Collaboration with Heartland Institute 05:32 Just Stop Oil fears Lois 06:38 Jim Dale 07:55 Viral Stanley Johnson clip 10:37 Net Zero polling poorly 12:16 Irritating drivers on purpose 12:57 80% reduction in car ownership in 15 years? 16:03 Kids are fighting back 21:31 Need more climate skeptic collaboration 24:27 15-minute cities 27:16 ULEZ 31:12 Lois Goes North 34:37 Anti-fracking nonsense 39:35 Talking directly to politicians 44:06 Removing Liz Truss 46:57 Wrap-up —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 20, 2023 • 1h 8min

Samuel Furfari: “I denounce energy insecurity” | Tom Nelson Pod #117

Prof. Samuel Furfari (aka Samuele) is a chemical engineer. He graduated from the Free University of Brussels. He obtained his Ph.D. from the same university in 1982. His thesis was in the field of energy. Between 1982 and 2018, he was a senior official at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy, where he devoted his entire career to the development of energy technologies and energy policy in practically all areas of energy (strategy, outlook, clean coal technologies, hydrogen, fuel cells, environment, climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency) until his final position as Advisor to the Director-General.   He is Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Policy at the ESCP (London campus). He was Professor of Geopolitics of Energy and Energy Policy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles for 18 years.  He gives seminars at other universities and lectures extensively in various settings. He is the author of numerous articles and 18 books on energy and sustainable development.   https://twitter.com/FurfariSamuele Furfari’s April 2023 book, “Energy insecurity: The organised destruction of the EU’s competitiveness”: https://a.co/d/gKcfbqt Furfari’s Oct 2020 book “The hydrogen illusion” https://a.co/d/ef4eIrD 00:00 Introduction 01:44 Author of 18 books 02:33 Working with European Commission 09:22 Poland 10:43 Germany 15:53 When will the EU return to energy sanity? 19:33 Green peak: Peak climate hysteria? 20:57 Exxon throws in the towel on algae biofuel 24:36 Next book: Energy security 26:05 Israel is a gas producer 26:55 Qatar is investing in Texas to produce more gas. 27:31 Energy in 2050? 29:45 Urgency to electrify Africa 32:52 Future of COP junkets? 34:33 Richer people are more resilient 37:21 If you control carbon, you control life 38:42 Only four flights per lifetime? 39:23 What % of voters want their flights to be limited? 43:32 Kill cows to save the planet? 44:14 Seizing farms? 45:28 Are Europeans buying the climate scam? 47:39 Invited by monks to talk about energy realism 49:44 Keep learning 50:28 Speak up 52:28 Many of today's climate realists were once believers 54:57 It's not really about climate 59:58 Hydrogen 01:04:28 Making liquid fuels? 01:06:47 Greens don't like nuclear energy because it works too well ———————— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Summarize.tech summaries of all of Tom Nelson podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ 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
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Jun 14, 2023 • 1h 24min

Simon Elmer: The Politics of Environmental Fundamentalism | Tom Nelson Pod #116

Simon Elmer was born and lives in London. In 2002, he received his PhD in the History and Theory of Art from University College London, and he has taught at the universities of London, Manchester, Reading and Michigan. In 2015 he co-founded Architects for Social Housing, for which he is Head of Research. His books include The Road to Fascism: For a Critique of the Global Biosecurity State (2022); Virtue and Terror: Selected Articles on the UK Biosecurity State, Vol. 1 (2023); The New Normal: Selected Articles on the UK Biosecurity State, Vol. 2 (2023); and, with Geraldine Dening, The Truth about Grenfell Tower (2017); Central Hill: A Case Study in Estate Regeneration (2018); For a Socialist Architecture: Under Capitalism (2021); and Saving St. Raphael’s Estate: The Alternative to Demolition (2022). Simon’s “The Politics of Environmental Fundamentalism” article: https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/the-politics-of-environmental-fundamentalism Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonElmer2022 Website: https://architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk/ Books:  The Road to Fascism: For a Critique of the Global Biosecurity State https://architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk/2022/09/28/the-road-to-fascism-for-a-critique-of-the-global-biosecurity-state/ Virtue and Terror: Selected Articles on the UK Biosecurity State, Vol. 1 https://architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk/2023/02/09/virtue-and-terror-selected-articles-on-the-uk-biosecurity-state-volume-1/ The New Normal: Selected Articles on the UK Biosecurity State, Vol. 2 https://architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk/2023/02/09/the-new-normal-selected-articles-on-the-uk-biosecurity-state-volume-2/ —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 13, 2023 • 57min

David Blackmon: Energy Absurdities | Tom Nelson Pod #115

40 year veteran of the oil and gas industry. Long-time writer on energy issues. Widely recognized subject matter expert on energy. Contributor at Forbes.com, The Daily Caller, World Oil Magazine and The Petroleum Economist.    Substack:  https://blackmon.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnergyAbsurdity David helps to co-host The Energy Transition Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7B3Y2G8bsc&list=PLRnT6ZzvUgcAVuMCZaRTsb7Yaeuc37Ttx The Energy Question With David Blackmon: https://www.youtube.com/@davidblackmon6807 ———————— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 12, 2023 • 60min

Roger Pielke Jr.: Honest brokering is a group effort | Tom Nelson Pod #114

Roger Pielke Jr. is a professor at the University of Colorado, as well as a writer on Substack where he focuses on climate policy, sports governance, and the messy “place where science and politics collide.”  —— https://twitter.com/RogerPielkeJr https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/ ———————— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 9, 2023 • 22min

Yong Zhong: A Graphical Explanation for Climate Stability (Version 2) | Tom Nelson Pod #113

About Yong Zhong: 1) Originally trained as a physics teacher. 2) Taught thermodynamics for undergraduates at age of 21. 3) Got PhD in 1991 from Monash University. 4) Made several original contributions to electron and nuclear spin resonance spectroscopy*. 5) Invited to write a chapter in a handbook for researchers in the field. 6) Irritated by the ABC’s interviews on climate change. 7) Started presenting talks on climate physics on Yong Tuition at Youtube in 2019. *Resonant absorption and emission of microwave by electron and nuclear spins in the presence of magnetic field. Yong Zhong’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@yongtuition Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/a-graphical-explanation-for-climate ———————— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 6, 2023 • 59min

Carol Roth: You Will Own Nothing | Tom Nelson Pod #112

Media: 12+ years of on camera experience. Judge, America’s Greatest Makers (TBS). Host, Microsoft’s Office Small Business Academy. Panelist, Closing Bell (CNBC) and Bulls and Bears (Fox Business). Radio Host (WGN). Host of Don’t Quit Your Day Job…Yet (CNBC.com). Weekly commentator on current events, business, finance, markets, the economy, small business, news, current events and more. Featured in documentaries including Live Another Day and Prohibition. Interviewer of celebrities, business moguls and presidential candidates, among others. Author of “You Will Own Nothing”, on sale July 18, 2023. https://www.carolroth.com/ https://www.carolroth.com/nothing/ https://twitter.com/caroljsroth https://www.youtube.com/@CaroljsRoth/videos —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 1, 2023 • 32min

Tracy Shuchart: A sane look at energy, climate, and freedom | Tom Nelson Pod #111

CEO/Founder and Chief Market Strategist at Hilltower Resource Advisors LLC.  Boutique natural resources research firm. Geopolitics. International Relations. https://twitter.com/chigrl https://hilltowerresourceadvisors.com/ Podcast series: https://twitter.com/MicDropMarkets —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html
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Jun 1, 2023 • 52min

Soeren Hansen: Why wind and solar will not work | Tom Nelson Pod #110

I have a master's degree in chemical engineering, and have worked in the Danish industry for all of my career. I got involved with the environment in connection with my employment and prepared courses for our staff over many years. This led gradually to an interest in the climate issue, which I have been following for the past some 10 years. I retired in late 2019 and thereupon devoted most of my time on the climate and renewable energy issues. I got involved with the Danish Climate Realism Association and have for the past 3 years been the editor of the Association's web page: klimarealisme.dk, as well as being a member of the Board. The web page is uniquely in the Danish language, everything we publish is written in Danish or translated.  Besides writing and editing articles for the web page I engage in giving presentations on climate issues, whenever anyone is interested. I am also the author of a book on the renewable energy transition (why it will fail) and a dystopic novel set in 2050 where Denmark has reached the vaunted net-zero emissions status - at tremendous cost to the ordinary people.  Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/why-wind-and-solar-will-not-work —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 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://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

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