Tom Nelson

• Ken Peterson: What Does It Cost? Consequences of the Net Zero Energy Agenda | Tom Nelson Pod #316

  Mr. Peterson graduated from Willamette University’s College of Law in 1980. He had earlier earned an AB in Government, with High Honors, and been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at The College of William and Mary. In 1987, while actively practicing law, he purchased and re-opened an aluminum smelter in Washington State. Subsequently he founded Columbia Ventures Corporation and led in the creation or acquisition of several subsidiary businesses.00:00 Introduction and Guest Background00:19 Documentary Overview and Trailer00:53 Energy Policies in the Pacific Northwest02:58 Personal Background and Experience06:29 Challenges and Costs of Renewable Energy09:41 Research and Findings14:12 Detailed Cost Analysis30:31 Environmental and Practical Concerns33:26 Conclusion and Call to Action38:01 Q&A SessionWhat Does It Cost? The Consequences of the Net Zero Energy Agenda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FGql4hD4Y=========Slides and transcript for this pod, and AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

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• Kesten Green: “Net Zero Makes No Sense” | Tom Nelson Pod #315

  Dr. Green is co-director of forecastingprinciples.com, a site promoting evidenced-based forecasting, and is a pioneer of methods to predict the decisions people will make in conflict situations such as occur in wars and in business.Green became interested in climate forecasting when he realized the dire predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and others might result in policies that would cause great harm to people. He decided to use his knowledge of forecasting to investigate whether predictions of dangerous manmade global warming were based on scientific forecasting methods.00:00 Introduction to Kesten Green and Climate Forecasting01:12 Initial Climate Forecasting Efforts03:24 Collaboration with Willie Soon04:54 Scientific Method and Alternative Hypotheses05:41 Critique of IPCC Climate Models06:15 Summary of Findings: Net Zero Makes No Sense13:21 IPCC's Attribution Studies and Solar Variables15:14 Challenges in Detection and Attribution of Temperature Trends18:57 Testing Predictive Validity of Climate Models34:29 Urban Heat Island Effect and Rural Temperature Anomalies43:43 Benchmarking and Simplicity in Forecasting51:56 Analyzing Rural Temperature Forecasts53:17 Comparing IPCC and Independent Models54:23 Forecasting with Extended Data59:03 Evaluating Model Reliability59:56 Statistical Fit vs. Predictive Validity01:01:17 Exploring Model Estimation Techniques01:05:23 Anthropogenic vs. Natural Influences01:28:04 Challenges in Scientific Publishing01:33:31 Conclusions on Climate Models01:36:21 Historical Environmental Alarmshttps://kestencgreen.com/https://heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/kesten-green/About the Green & Soon (2025) paper: https://x.com/cohler/status/1924777203298140608=========AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summarieshttps://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

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• Kathryn Porter: Keeping the lights on | Tom Nelson Pod #314

  Independent energy consultant helping businesses with projects across the electricity, gas and oil industries.00:00 Introduction and Topic Overview02:37 Grid Inertia and Its Importance03:25 How Alternating Current Works04:16 Challenges with Wind and Solar Power04:43 Grid Frequency and Supply-Demand Balance06:20 Protection Measures and Grid Stability07:15 Spain's Response to the Blackout08:35 Virtue Signaling and Grid Reliability11:15 Black Start Procedures13:59 Potential Blackout Risks in Britain18:11 Reliance on Interconnectors and Batteries20:37 Electric Cars and Demand Flexibility24:21 Street Lighting and Energy Savings26:13 Texas Blackout of 202126:49 Regulatory Failures and Grid Freezes27:37 Historical Development of Power Grids29:24 Aging Infrastructure and Modern Challenges30:59 Gas Infrastructure and Future Risks32:57 Software and Balancing the Grid33:33 Localized Outages and Transformer Failures35:54 Solar Flares and Electromagnetic Pulses37:39 Future Load on the Grid: AI and Electric Cars41:01 Nuclear Power: The Future of Energy49:18 Misinformation and the Energy TransitionAI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summarieshttps://x.com/KathrynPorter26Kathryn’s site: https://watt-logic.com/Kathryn’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KathrynPorter26=========My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

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• Ronan Connolly/Gerry Quinn:  “COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned” | Tom Nelson Pod #313

  Ronan is an independent scientist, environmentalist and writer.About Gerry: My main interests are in disease, immunity and the discovery of chemotherapeutic compounds00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction00:15 Overview of the COVID-19 Paper02:36 Background of the Authors and Initial Work03:27 Scientific Approach to COVID-1904:58 Challenges in Questioning the Science09:38 Government Policies and Model Predictions17:44 Sweden's Unique Approach20:32 Publication Challenges and Shifting Narratives22:14 Unintended Consequences of Policies26:27 Precautionary Principle and Logical Fallacies31:56 Great Barrington Declaration and Scientific Dissent45:37 Public Perception and Media Influence49:51 Introduction to Vaccine Narratives50:12 Public Response and Social Dynamics51:23 Questioning Public Health Directives52:50 Media and Information Control53:32 Discussion on Ivermectin and Vaccines54:35 Exploring Ancient Irish Ethnopharmacology55:08 The Role of Streptomyces in Medicine01:01:35 Mathematical Models and Policy Decisions01:09:12 Seasonality and Stringency of COVID Measures01:16:44 Pharmaceutical Interventions and Controversies01:26:16 WHO's Ivermectin and Remdesivir Analysis01:26:44 Exclusion of Ivermectin Studies01:29:50 HCQ Trials and Data Issues01:32:50 Public Perception and Media Influence01:37:23 Vaccine Technology and Public Awareness01:48:54 Adverse Reactions and Reporting02:02:20 Final Thoughts and RecommendationsRonan’s X: https://x.com/1RonanConnollyGerry’s X: https://x.com/jercuinnFrom Ronan: The paper (37 co-authors) covers many topics, but this 28 min Alex Newman interview gives a great overview of our key findings: https://x.com/1RonanConnolly/status/1932831388790624445The paper itself: https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607727/full—AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

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• Christopher Monckton: “ Fundamental Error in Climate Science” | Tom Nelson Pod #312

  Christopher Monckton, Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, has held positions with the British press and in government, as a press officer at the Conservative Central Office, and as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s policy advisor. He is a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.00:00 Introduction and Previous Presentation Recap05:22 Challenges in Publishing the Findings08:48 Systemic Issues in Academia10:39 Global Awareness and Political Impact14:41 Addressing Skeptics and Critics26:46 Scientific Community's Response27:27 Historical and Mathematical Context41:13 Co-Authors' Struggles and Conclusion44:28 Academic Suppression and Retaliation45:41 The Struggle of a Control Theory Professor48:35 The Plight of a Dyslexic Researcher52:51 The Australian Incident and Media Manipulation56:13 CO2 and Its Impact on Plant Life01:05:11 Economic Consequences of Climate Policies01:13:15 The Global Warming Narrative and Political Agendas01:21:44 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsMonckton’s April 2025 video on this channel: https://youtu.be/Sj_qKmB9KaI?si=JdnSVqtku40BOCzKFor a copy of Monckton’s paper entitled “An error of temperature-feedback formalism and its consequences”, email him here: [email protected] about Christopher Monckton: https://heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/lord-christopher-monckton=========AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

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