Tom Nelson

Ed Berry presents a step-by-step, nontechnical overview of his theoretical climate physics work, arguing that “consensus” and authority claims are not science and that climate policy relies on three assumptions, focusing on A1: humans caused all the CO2 rise. He says A1 depends on a false sub-assumption that human CO2 stays longer than natural CO2, proposing a “climate equivalence principle” that identical molecules behave the same. Using IPCC carbon-cycle data and a linear systems model, he derives an atmospheric e-time of ~3.5 years and estimates human CO2 contributes only a few percent, supported by delta-14C and temperature-leading-CO2 studies. He also discusses climate lawsuits (including Held v. Montana), political influence, and criticism of DOE/CO2 Coalition positions.

00:00 Meet Ed Berry
00:53 From Clouds to Climate
01:49 Why Consensus Fails
03:11 Scientific Method Basics
05:16 Three Climate Assumptions
06:55 Debunking CO2 Lifetime Claim
08:35 Climate Equivalence Principle
09:21 IPCC Carbon Cycle Data
12:48 Flows and Human Share
14:11 Building a Carbon Model
16:26 E-Time and Linearity
19:40 Deriving Balance Levels
21:30 Finding IPCC E-Times
25:02 Human vs Natural CO2 Split
27:21 What 420 ppm Implies
27:58 Systems Model Math
29:29 Partitioning Human CO2
31:37 IPCC Cycle Contradiction
34:24 Courtney Endorsement
35:45 Delta 14C Evidence
39:33 Interpreting Bomb Curve
42:09 Temperature Leads CO2
44:21 Proofs Summary
48:29 Montana Lawsuit Setup
50:51 WEF Influence Claims
52:11 DOE Report Problem
53:19 Koonin And CO2C Critique
56:48 Group Positions Wrap
57:48 Q&A And Closing

https://edberry.com/
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Will Wilkinson discusses a biography he was hired to write about Princeton physicist William Happer, combining four chapters of life story with a climate-focused second half arguing science has been politicized. He describes Happer’s decades-long career, including inventing the sodium laser guide star for missile defense and work adapted for medical lung imaging, plus Happer’s “trust and verify” approach and skepticism of models over measurements. They cover Happer’s CO2 Coalition role, controversy at Princeton, colleagues’ contributions (e.g., Lindzen, Koonin, Ridd), and comparisons to Lysenkoism and past scientific dissent. The author stresses curiosity, civil communication, and avoiding fear-driven climate hysteria.

00:00 Meet Will Wilkinson
00:27 Writing Happer Biography
01:45 Happer Science Legacy
02:42 Climate Views Adaptation
03:29 Laser Guide Star Explained
05:12 Trust and Verify Mindset
06:04 Princeton Controversy
07:14 Famous Colleagues Stories
09:18 Childhood and Formation
10:58 Standing Up for Science
13:28 Lysenkoism and Dogma
16:38 Outsiders and Discovery
21:15 Curiosity and Measuring
23:25 CO2 Politics and Money
24:45 Book Release and Coalition
25:43 Rogan Episode and Outreach
27:07 Documentary and Prior Bio
28:33 Reluctant Scientist Profile
30:10 Working Life at Princeton
31:05 Red Team Blue Team Fallout
32:01 Middle Ground Climate Debate
34:46 Colleagues and Reef Controversy
37:29 Skepticism After COVID
41:38 Single Source of Truth Quotes
44:24 Kindness Over Division
48:41 Hope Against Climate Hysteria
50:23 Meaningful Memoirs and AI
54:04 Wrap Up and Thanks

Will Wilkinson’s web site: https://www.meaningfulmemoirs.com/
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Jonathan Cohler presents a newly submitted paper using mass conservation, isotopic signatures (delta 13C), and multiple datasets to apply the Keeling relation and infer a consistent intercept near -13.2‰ across sites and time spans. He argues this makes fossil fuels (signature ~-28‰) at most 26% of net atmospheric CO2 change and, using preindustrial constraints, essentially ~0–1.3%, contradicting claims by IPCC, NASA, NOAA, EPA, and the CO2 Coalition. He says CO2 residence time is ~3.8 years and attributes rising CO2 to natural temperature-driven ocean/soil outgassing. He criticizes the CO2 Coalition for conflating accounting identities with causation, describes harassment, and says he resigned.

00:00 New Paper Claim
01:29 Three Inputs Setup
03:25 Isotope Signatures 101
06:05 Keeling Relation Explained
10:17 Datasets And Intercepts
13:38 Solving For Fossil Fraction
22:22 Why Fossil Dominance Fails
25:16 Rejecting The Conclusion
28:04 Carbon Cycle Turnover
31:45 What Drives CO2 Rise
33:56 Ancient CO2 And Whataboutism
36:53 CO2 Coalition Errors Teaser
37:38 Accounting vs Causation
39:23 Feynman on Conservation
40:37 What Proves Causality
41:37 Atmospheric Balance Equation
42:53 Coalition Paper Misreads
46:25 Molecules Not Labeled
48:08 Residuals Aren't Attribution
49:56 Isotopes Discriminate Sources
51:27 Airborne Fraction Fallacy
53:41 Retention and Cycle Time
56:02 Harassment and Resignation
01:03:18 CO2 Forcing and Policy Costs
01:08:51 X Feedback and Contact
01:13:38 Wrap Up and Links

https://x.com/cohler
https://papers.jcohler.com/
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James Tooley describes two decades researching “low-cost private schools” serving poor families in India, Africa, rural China, and war-torn countries, arguing parents choose them because government/public schools often abandon children. He cites widespread enrollment (e.g., majorities in parts of Lagos and Kampala), higher standardized test performance, no gender bias, affordability around 10% of family spending, and sustainability as small businesses. He now finds a similar U.S. phenomenon in hybrid/micro schools, visiting examples in Pine Ridge (Onward Learning), rural Mississippi, refugee-serving Clarkston, and rural Oregon, and surveying 5,390 parents: about 4% use low-tuition private schools. He discusses limited, careful roles for philanthropy, and worries about dependence on government ESAs.

00:00 Meet James Tooley
01:03 Hyderabad Discovery
03:25 Government School Reality
05:37 Makoko Lagos Expedition
07:49 Kibera Ghana China Proof
11:49 Beautiful Tree Thesis
13:04 War Torn Africa Schools
15:48 Five Key Features
21:06 Federations And Pushback
22:02 Low Cost Schools In America
25:53 Pine Ridge Onward Learning
29:46 Mississippi Trailer School
33:19 Refugees And Oregon Example
36:08 National Survey Findings
41:45 Philanthropy And Donations
43:26 Quality Assurance Debate
46:33 School Choice ESA Concerns
49:57 Where To Follow James
50:46 Final Reflections

The Beautiful Tree: https://a.co/d/032zFHgW
Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education: https://a.co/d/01VMoY3r
https://x.com/james_tooley
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/james-tooley-320a8410
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Tom Harris argues Canada’s claim of warming twice the global average is unreliable because northern data coverage is sparse and “homogenized” station adjustments may exaggerate trends. He questions the meaning of average temperature and says Canada’s record shows a step change around 1998, consistent with El Niño and possibly the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, not steady greenhouse-gas forcing. He cites extreme-weather records peaking in the 1930s and references Heartland’s Climate Change Reconsidered and Roger Pielke’s datasets as showing little detected change in many extremes. Harris then describes organizing local activists, using Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, rehearsing questions, and bypassing media censorship to challenge municipal climate policies.

00:00 Meet Tom Harris
00:19 Canada Warming Claims
00:41 Is Warming Bad
03:21 So Called Averages
05:13 Overlapping Ranges
08:06 Why Start 1948
11:08 Heat Records Evidence
11:54 Sparse Arctic Stations
14:39 Homogenized Adjustments
17:00 Step Change Not CO2
18:57 Hickey Speaks Out
21:59 Natural Cycles Theory
22:59 PR Versus Evidence
24:22 Extreme Weather Database
25:56 Heartland Reports
28:32 Warmer Means Milder
31:07 Pielke Teaser
31:19 Global Extremes Database
31:51 P Factor Explained
32:30 Translator Not Climatologist
33:33 Drilling Into Continents
34:48 Wildfire History Context
37:23 Heatwave Data Concerns
38:31 Local Activism Playbook
40:06 Alinsky Rules In Action
42:49 Debate Questions And Ridicule
47:16 Training Volunteers Nationwide
51:59 Beating Media Censorship
53:55 Groups Funding And Contact
56:17 Practice Sessions And Wins
57:43 Wrap Up Resources

 icsc-canada.com
 sensiblechange.ca
https://x.com/TomHarrisICSC
https://drtomharris.substack.com/
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