Andy May discusses how Earth’s energy imbalance and ocean heat content relate to solar radiation versus greenhouse-gas downwelling IR. He argues IR photons are lower energy and absorbed in the ocean’s top micrometers–millimeter (thermal/electromagnetic skin), so it cannot directly heat the mixed layer; instead it may reduce upward heat loss by altering the skin-layer temperature gradient, while sunlight penetrates meters to greater than 100 m and warms the bulk ocean. He critiques NASA-style energy-flow diagrams for confusing one-way radiative fluxes (e.g., 340 W/m²) with net heat (e.g., 58 W/m²). He highlights large uncertainties in EEI and OHC due to sparse, inconsistent datasets, cool-skin effects, short Argo-era records, and oscillations like AMO/ENSO, making partitioning of causes uncertain.

00:00 Sun vs CO2 Setup

00:35 Why IR Differs

02:52 Ocean Skin Layers

05:48 Photon Energy Debate

07:55 Cool Skin Impacts

10:01 Energy Diagram Myths

13:33 EEI and OHC Limits

18:17 Ocean Data Disagreements

23:55 Surface EEI Variability

26:38 IR Cannot Heat Deep

29:51 Bottom Line Uncertainty

31:18 Q&A and Critiques

34:52 Modeling and Coverage

36:41 Regional Trend Map

41:21 Closing Takeaways

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https://andymaypetrophysicist.com/

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Kevin Mooney discusses his book “Climate Pxrn,” inspired by climate propaganda in classrooms and a push to restore the scientific method. He critiques polar-bear and other climate messaging, argues funding and politics suppress skeptics, and describes threats to prosecute dissent via RICO-style lawfare. He highlights Trump-era moves such as leaving the Paris Agreement and efforts to reverse the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding on CO2, calling it a major deregulatory change. Mooney cites Canada’s carbon tax costs and bureaucracy as warnings, alleges Russian and Chinese money influences anti-fracking activism, and raises national-security concerns about China-linked energy supply chains and offshore wind. He also criticizes EV lithium-battery fire risks, climate activism in healthcare, carbon-tracking credit cards, and argues AI power demand is undermining wind/solar claims.

00:00 Meet Kevin Mooney

01:13 Acorn to Green Groups

01:54 Polar Bear Myth

03:27 NASA vs Climate Models

06:57 Solar System Climate Clues

07:50 Silencing Skeptics

09:39 Criminalizing Dissent

11:36 Paris Deal and Lawfare

12:24 EPA Endangerment Fight

15:00 Canada Carbon Tax Reality

17:53 Foreign Money and Fracking

21:14 China Grid Security Risks

22:17 Offshore Wind and Security

24:29 Wind Groups vs Locals

24:54 EV Battery Fire Risks

26:21 Climate Policies in Healthcare

28:36 Carbon Tracking Credit Cards

29:56 Second Amendment Backstop

31:08 ESG Retreat and BlackRock

32:37 COVID and Classroom Climate Push

34:23 Young Men Shift and Faith

35:23 Climate Agenda and Marxism

36:41 Herding Rural America to Cities

38:16 Union of Concerned Scientists

39:46 Government Science Funding Distortion

40:46 AI Power Demand and RGGI

43:28 Greenwashing and Energy Reality

44:28 Offshore Wind and Whale Deaths

45:58 Heartland Conference Takeaways

48:36 Closing Thoughts and Book Plug

https://x.com/KevinMooneyDC

https://kevinmooney.info/

Climate Pxrn: How and Why Anti-Population Zealots Fabricate Science, while Targeting American Capitalism, Freedom, and Independence: https://a.co/d/05Cd61cX

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Vlad Bogorov talks about Glasgow City Council’s plans to spend tens of billions to pursue net zero and Bogorov’s three YouTube videos from public meetings where officials gave vague, cliché answers, asked for written questions, and objected to being filmed. Bogorov argues such environmentalism is “low resolution thinking,” primarily about power and public money, and claims renewables and policies like EVs can increase CO2 when accounting for grid losses, mining, and transmission. He cites Germany closing nuclear and burning more coal, contends nuclear is safest and necessary for net zero, and urges critics to focus on whether environmentalism raises or lowers CO2 rather than debating global warming itself.

00:00 Glasgow Net Zero Meetings

01:07 YouTube Complaint Fallout

02:00 Vague Answers No Details

03:54 Renewables And Public Trough

04:35 Low Resolution Thinking

05:02 History Slavery Nuclear Examples

09:36 Sahara Solar Fantasy

11:53 Environmentalism Blocks Nuclear

14:24 Wrong Conversation On Costs

16:31 Electric Vehicles Emit More

20:06 Germany Coal After Nuclear

24:34 Politics Is About Power

27:31 Debating CO2 And Focus

28:45 Environmentalism Backfires

30:11 EV Batteries and Tradeoffs

31:15 Glasgow Council Push

32:28 Power Without Accountability

34:29 Why Facts Dont Persuade

39:23 Placards and Public Reactions

41:15 Change the Battlefield

42:04 Anti Nuclear Contradiction

46:46 Winning and the Real Cost

47:48 Social Movements End Hard

49:45 Closing Thanks

His YouTube channel, “Buchanan Street is my pub.”: https://www.youtube.com/@Buchanan1111

When History Had Other Plans, 2025: https://a.co/d/4ykoJrJ

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