Tom Nelson

Ronald Stein discusses California’s “refinery crisis,” arguing that heavy regulation is driving remaining refineries to consider leaving, after recent closures and a reported 17% decline from peak refining. He says California is an “energy island” with no pipelines over the Sierra Nevada, so most fuel must be made in-state; otherwise it would come from foreign refineries, potentially in Asia, raising costs, emissions, and national security concerns for military and international airports, ports, and trucking. Stein contends wind and solar only generate electricity and cannot replace refined-oil products used for transportation fuels and countless derivatives. He criticizes politicians and the press for not addressing practical replacement plans and advocates “energy literacy.”

00:00 Refinery Crisis Begins
00:42 California Energy Island
01:22 Fuel Demand Reality Check
02:03 Refineries Leaving Warning
02:58 Climate Policy Pushback
04:12 Voters Politicians Press
05:04 Wind Solar Limits
06:00 No Backup Plan
06:14 Regulators And Newsom
08:49 Oil Derivatives Explained
09:47 Crude Types And Fracking
11:46 How Regulations Drive Out
13:15 Outsourcing Emissions Abroad
14:39 Import Dependence Grows
16:29 Shipping And Port Bottlenecks
18:34 Clean Air But High Demand
20:20 National Security Takeover Talk
22:37 Campaign Silence And Media
23:29 Planes Need Real Power
24:51 Battery Plane Reality Check
25:36 Electricity Imports Warning
25:56 Importing Power and Fuel
26:17 AI Power Crunch
29:08 Refinery Rules and Costs
30:54 Foreign Dependence Risks
32:25 Scaling Alternatives
34:35 Energy Literacy and Policy
36:25 Nuclear Future
39:26 Wind Reality Check
41:32 California Oil Underfoot
44:33 Oil Seeps and Tar Pits
46:36 Zero Emissions Reality
49:45 Global Poverty and Demand
50:45 Where to Follow Ronald

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John Parmentola discusses a puzzle of how sea levels fell ~400 feet during ice ages and argues global annual solar input is nearly constant, implying compensating regional heating when the Arctic cools. Using Antarctic ice-core temperature proxies and orbital mechanics, he introduces a new “countervailing obliquity precession effect” (COPE): a biannual insolation asymmetry that increases tropical-zone energy deposition while Arctic summer insolation and melt potential decline, affecting the hydrological cycle, moisture transport, albedo, and glacial descent. He estimates the evaporation energy need (~10^26 J) and says COPE energy over millennia exceeds this. He cites satellite/top-of-atmosphere energy-balance analysis (~1 W/m² net gain) and notes tests: second-half-year precipitation bias, possible Arctic moisture-transport bias, and CO2 outgassing seasonality. Links to his preprint and related work are mentioned.

00:00 Sea Level Ice Age Mystery
09:33 Warming Before Glaciation
12:01 Evaporation Energy Math
13:28 Solar Input Basics
17:10 Why Insolation Stays Constant
20:54 Milankovitch Parameters Explained
26:45 Obliquity Heat Redistribution
29:08 Seasonal Zone Matrix
33:33 Arctic Insolation Then vs Now
40:05 Milankovitch Hypothesis Summary
40:56 Snow Ice Evidence
42:15 Orbit Month Swap
43:54 Hidden Insolation Split
46:12 Seasonal Energy Gap
48:48 Tropical Energy Build
50:15 COPE Defined
53:01 Satellite Signal Test
56:24 Past Interglacial Match
59:22 Summary And Wrap
01:01:08 Q And A Tests
01:05:51 Website And Preprint
01:06:30 Economic Growth Detour
01:11:21 Final Links Farewell

https://johnparmentola.com/
2019: The Great Mystery of Economic Growth”: https://youtu.be/sx-55BhuFks
John Parmentola: Estimating the Holocene Warm Period Termination | Tom Nelson Pod #96: https://youtu.be/6c3yW6s0shQ
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Mel Counts recounts growing up in a small Oregon town, being mentored by an early coach, his rapid growth to 6'11", and recruitment to Oregon State, where he made a Final Four and later realized he could turn pro. He describes making the 1964 U.S. Olympic team under Hank Iba and winning gold over the Russians, his most cherished team honor. Drafted by the Boston Celtics, he won two championships and shares stories about Red Auerbach, Bill Russell, travel and pay in the era, and later stops including the Bullets, Lakers, and Suns, facing legends like Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Kareem, and Walton. He discusses pensions, family, faith, giving back, and staying active at 84.

00:00 Meet Mel Counts
00:21 Small Town Beginnings
01:29 Oregon State Breakthrough
01:51 Slats Gill Lessons
03:12 Final Four Teammates
04:01 Olympic Tryouts Camp
04:40 Tokyo Gold Medal
06:45 Celtics Rookie Life
08:21 Traded To Bullets
09:25 Scary Team Flight
11:21 NBA Travel Pay Then
14:53 Red Auerbach Stories
16:35 Wilt Chamberlain Era
17:42 Rings Watches Stages
18:32 Physical Game Changes
19:24 Wilt Strength Tales
21:24 Guarding Legends Film
22:26 Lakers Suns Wilt Sweat
23:41 Wilt Helped My Role
24:46 Practice With Russell
25:39 Road Trip Win Streak
26:23 Playing With Jerry West
27:30 Game 7 Balloons Drama
29:27 Bill Russell The Ultimate Winner
30:36 Boston Life Lessons
33:02 Hall Of Famers Era
33:57 Pete Maravich Memories
34:46 Three Point Revolution
37:21 Durability And Old School Training
39:53 Nutrition And Wilt Hot Dogs
41:46 Pensions And Player Benefits
43:40 Money Mistakes Then And Now
45:17 Rings Faith And Family
45:57 Giving Back And Life Advice
48:51 Staying Active And Final Wrap

Basketball Reference: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/countme01.html
Mel Counts highlights: https://youtu.be/7XcO7xAc_r4
Mel Counts NBA2K: https://youtu.be/JllZNFwnn9A
Mel Counts replaces Wilt Chamberlain late in 1969’s NBA championship game seven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnu5vMfPtbw&t=8256s
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Marc Morano talks about his decades covering climate politics and his view that the climate movement is in rapid collapse due to overreach, public skepticism, and post-COVID distrust of “appeal to authority.” Morano contrasts Trump 1.0’s limited actions with Trump 2.0’s aggressive agenda: hundreds of pro-energy moves, exits from numerous UN bodies, a push to end the EPA CO2 endangerment finding, and a consensus-busting climate report later vacated over procedural issues. He says Democrats, media, Wall Street, and major figures like Bezos and Gates have gone quiet or shifted, while UN COP summits have become smaller and scandal-prone. He warns climate controls may reappear via public-health framing and future administrations.

00:00 Marc Morano Returns
00:36 Climate Movement Hits Low
02:31 Trump 1.0 vs 2.0 Setup
04:02 UN Climate Origins and Data Wars
07:14 GOP Nominees and Climate Drift
09:23 Trump 1.0 Wins and Limits
11:27 Biden Reversal and Green Mandates
14:57 Trump 2.0 Energy Blitz
15:19 Consensus Report Court Setback
16:58 Zeldin Targets Endangerment Finding
18:55 Iran War and Energy Shock Risk
20:00 Media Silence and Narrative Flip
21:59 Great Reset and WEF Agenda
27:22 Elites Pivot From Climate to AI
28:13 COVID Blowback Fuels Skepticism
33:42 Mainstream Admits Net Zero Failure
40:25 UN Summits Implode at COP30
44:28 Amazon Highway Coverup
45:39 Burgers Not Bugs
46:57 Toilet Paper Contraband
49:06 Summit Results Reality Check
51:40 Billionaires Media Flip
56:11 Energy Boom Coal Security
57:56 Climate Agenda Collapse
01:00:19 Narrative Culture War
01:02:46 Rio Treaty Withdrawal
01:05:20 Endangerment Finding Repeal
01:08:27 Climate Meets Public Health
01:11:31 Next Scares New Summits
01:18:43 COP Future And Coalition
01:25:40 Closing Thanks And Wrap

https://x.com/ClimateDepot
Climate ranked #35 of 39 American voter issues: https://x.com/davidshor/status/2033906948525928569
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Raymond Inauen, a graphic artist with 35 years’ experience, presents a free website of downloadable charts (PDF/PNG/ZIP) meant to teach CO2, climate, and energy basics or serve as a single reference. Charts cover CO2’s molecule, atmospheric composition (about 420 ppm), natural vs anthropogenic emissions (4.9% manmade), ocean/land fluxes, plant physiology (stomata), C3/C4/CAM plants, photosynthesis, and a logarithmic CO2–temperature relationship. He also includes long-term temperature/CO2 history, Holocene and recent warming, sea-level rise since the last ice age, and glacier/tree-line evidence from the Alps. Energy charts break down global fuel use and electricity sources. He adds references, a CO2 mascot “Conrad,” discusses reduced social-media reach, and shares a visual condensing atmospheric CO2 into a 16×16 km cube.

00:00 Meet Raymond Inauen
00:32 CO2 Molecule Basics
01:09 Atmosphere Composition Explained
02:17 Natural vs Human CO2 Sources
04:18 CO2 Cycle In and Out
05:21 Plants and CO2 Benefits
06:35 C3 C4 Plants and Greening
08:36 Plant Respiration Day Night
09:10 Logarithmic Warming Idea
10:16 Design Sources and Trace Gas
12:11 Exhaled CO2 Context
13:01 Deep Time CO2 and Temps
14:41 Human Body Carbon Link
15:11 Climate History Overview
16:13 Ice Ages and Holocene Temps
17:45 Modern Warming and Sea Levels
19:23 Glaciers Tree Lines Debate
23:02 Global Energy Charts Tour
28:19 Need a Scientist Narrator
30:07 Downloads and Conrad Mascot
31:49 Social Media and CO2 Cube
34:30 Wrap Up and Website Updates

https://x.com/theworldofco2
https://www.the-world-of-co2.com/co2
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