In a Paris heatwave (33–40°C), Hügo Krüger says France suffers more indoors because only about 25% of homes have AC, unlike near-universal AC in the US/Japan. He describes ideological and regulatory resistance to AC from ecologists and left-wing politicians, despite AC being a reversible heat pump and France’s electricity being largely nuclear. Apartment rules, aesthetic objections, and energy ratings discourage installation; subsidies favor air-to-water heat pumps that can’t cool. Demand for fans and AC is surging, and politicians propose easing restrictions. He expects fewer deaths than 2003 due to heat alerts, but argues AC would reduce vulnerability.

00:00 Paris Heatwave Check In

01:00 Why France Lacks AC

01:33 Myths About Air Conditioning

03:00 Hospitals Trains And Culture

03:42 Politics And Nuclear Power Angle

07:20 Heat Deaths And Public Response

14:47 Regulations Blocking Reversible AC

16:44 How Rare Is This Heat

17:54 2003 Heatwave Lessons

20:31 Hardliners And Building Lobby

22:14 Insulation Fans And Daily Life

24:11 Bigger Pattern And Nuclear Future

29:04 Wrap Up And GoFundMe Plug

https://x.com/hkrugertjie

“fundraiser to buy an AC for the French Heat Wave!”: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-not-melt-in-paris-2026-heatwave?lang=en_US&ts=1782483248

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Erich Schaffer critiques the “super greenhouse effect” and argues that tropical outgoing longwave radiation stays flat mainly because tropospheric temperature is sluggish relative to surface temperature, not because water vapor amplifies greenhouse trapping. He says regional and seasonal proxies for water vapor feedback are invalid (citing admissions by Ramanathan/Inamdar and Dessler et al.) and claims interannual proxy results are distorted by aspect-ratio choices and improper OLS regression, advocating TLS or rotated-benchmark methods. Reanalyzing published plots (Spencer, Lindzen-Choi, Chung, Andy May), he concludes water vapor plus lapse rate implies strong negative feedback and low ECS (~1 K). He also alleges data “fudging” and broader scientific incompetence.

00:00 Super Greenhouse Effect

02:20 OLR Calculations Explained

03:28 Troposphere Sluggishness

05:32 Ramanathan Admission

10:23 Feedback Breakdown Math

12:37 Two Proxies Debunked

14:05 Revisiting Interannual Proxy

16:02 Bad Regression Plotting

17:16 Aspect Ratio Distortion

23:45 OLS vs TLS Regression

30:53 Negative Feedback Emerges

33:22 Spencer Regression Mystery

37:45 Lindzen Choi Critique

41:03 Fixing Lindzen Plot

51:17 Recent Andy May Example

53:21 Rotate Plot Method

55:19 Benchmark Slope Trick

57:38 Questionable Outliers

01:01:26 Proxies Fall Apart

01:02:22 Lapse Rate Physics

01:05:45 Tropical Hotspot Feedback

01:11:10 AR6 Codependency Critique

01:14:24 MODTRAN Water Vapor Test

01:19:44 Emission Altitudes Explained

01:25:22 Net Feedback and ECS

01:27:17 Blunders and Sociology

01:40:54 Q&A and Takeaway

01:44:44 Bonus Coal Math Error

01:47:42 Wrap Up

Erich Schaffer: “Water Vapor Feedback, Part One”: https://youtu.be/2O4mOf9gk-s

https://x.com/erich_schaffer

https://greenhousedefect.com/

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Tom interviews Anika Sweetland, who argues Earth’s climate changes in predictable natural cycles and that today is relatively cool in a 65‑million‑year context. Using graphs and books by Gregory Wrightstone, she describes ice-age rhythms linked to Milankovitch cycles and 1,500‑year Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles, including the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age, and claims solar activity and cosmic rays better correlate with temperature than CO2. She says the IPCC smooths data and governments use fear for control, while net-zero policies are wasteful and geoengineering in the UK is concerning. Sweetland recounts university climate studies as CO2-focused indoctrination, discusses backlash and support online, and previews a part two on the IPCC.

00:00 Meet Anika Sweetland

04:40 Ice Ages and Long Cooling

07:18 Milankovitch Cycles Explained

09:14 Dansgaard Oeschger Cycles

11:04 Medieval Warmth and Little Ice Age

14:01 Sun Cosmic Rays and Clouds

18:21 CO2 Claims and Propaganda

21:07 Her Climate Degree Experience

23:22 Education Debate and Models

27:47 Conference Disruption and Activism

30:34 Social Media Pushback

34:54 Part Two and Wrap Up

35:22 Energy Policy and Geoengineering

39:18 Final Thanks and Goodbye

https://x.com/anika_climate

The 16th International Conference on Climate Change: https://climateconference.heartland.org/

Anika on being bombarded with global warming propaganda: https://x.com/anika_climate/status/2037550091544785239

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Joseph Fournier discusses his Substack article proposing a “solar-driven glacial atmospheric dipole” to explain the Last Glacial Maximum contrast between ice-covered North Atlantic regions and ice-free Beringia. He reviews Milankovitch cycles, zonal vs meridional winds, ITCZ migration, Holocene aridity/desert formation around 4,200 years ago, and Neoglacial solar sensitivity. He focuses on how solar variability (UV, interplanetary magnetic field, energetic particle precipitation, cosmic rays) affects stratospheric polar vortices and couples to tropospheric indices (NAO, SAM), influencing clouds, sunshine, ocean circulation (AMO/AMOC), and glaciers, citing proxy reconstructions and Bond events. They also address the Atlantic “cold blob” freshwater argument and farming implications.

00:00 Beringia Glacial Mystery

02:35 Dedication and Wind Focus

06:08 Holocene ITCZ Shifts

10:21 Deserts and Neoglacial Questions

15:02 Milankovitch Limits

17:22 Zonal vs Meridional Flow

22:09 Southern Annular Mode Basics

25:12 SAM Impacts and Ocean Carbon

28:48 Cloud Belts and Brightening

34:32 SAM History and Solar Minima

38:12 Polar Vortex Coupling

40:17 Solar Magnetism Explained

45:18 GCRs and Stratosphere Temps

52:01 Sunspots vs Hurricane Power

56:01 EPP Ozone and Aurora Link

58:36 Solar System Harmonics

01:01:02 Solar Wobble Link

01:02:34 Jupiter Quakes Core

01:06:41 Zonal vs Meridional

01:11:32 NAO SPV Coupling

01:14:21 Bond Events Framework

01:17:42 Ice Rafted Debris

01:25:26 Greenland Melt Drivers

01:30:38 AMO Gulf Stream THC

01:37:10 Cosmogenic Isotope Cycles

01:42:34 Glacial Dipole Conclusion

01:45:46 Atlantic Cold Blob

01:49:13 Farming Outlook Wrap

https://x.com/JosephF55175005

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William Van Wijngaarden explains the greenhouse effect as higher, colder radiating layers caused by more greenhouse gases, noting roles of CO2, water vapor, ozone, methane, and N2O, and emphasizing cloud uncertainties. He cites rising CO2 (320 ppm in 1960 to ~430), N2O and methane increases, but highlights non-monotonic temperature history including a 2000–2016 “hiatus,” and claims climate models overpredict warming by about threefold. He argues data do not show worsening trends in Arctic ice (recently flat), hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, or precipitation, and glacier retreat began after the Little Ice Age. He says ocean pH would drop from 8.18 to ~7.93 with doubled CO2, corals grow fastest in warm water, eliminating cattle would cool ~0.05°C, and fertilizer cuts risk food shortages. He calls for more observations (clouds, Argo oceans) and concludes warming is modest (~1°C ±1°C) and net-zero policies lack evidence.

00:00 Meet The Guest

03:19 Key Greenhouse Gases

05:44 Temperature Record Mysteries

07:20 Models Versus Reality

08:39 Infrared Spectrum Explained

10:53 Satellites Confirm Physics

11:58 Clouds And Uncertainty

15:10 Arctic Ice Reality Check

16:28 Glaciers Wildfires Hurricanes

20:12 Natural Variability Lesson

21:52 Ocean Acidification Facts

23:52 Corals And Warm Water

24:48 Methane And Livestock Myth

27:06 Fertilizer And Food Tradeoffs

28:51 CO2 Greening Benefits

30:56 Big Picture Conclusions

33:04 New Research Water Vapor

34:04 Observations Over Modeling

36:05 Measuring Oceans And Ice

39:21 Looking Ahead Calmly

41:16 Final Thanks And Wrap

William’s website: https://wvanwijngaarden.info.yorku.ca/

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Irish author and analyst Emmet Connor tells host Tom he has focused since 2015 on Marxism/communist indoctrination, defining it as an international revolutionary ideology aimed at destroying existing hierarchies and rebuilding a utopia. He argues “globalism” and the New World Order are communism repackaged, seen in open borders, climate policy, food controls, attacks on farming, education, and cultural issues like DEI and gender ideology, with Christians targeted. He discusses Ireland’s pro-globalist politics, COVID as totalitarian economic attack linked to the CCP, and a broader China/Russia-led push for world dominance, including Africa via Belt and Road. Connor promotes his Dallas presentation and book, and provides X/email contacts.

00:00 Introduction to Emmet Connor

00:40 Defining Marxism

02:59 Globalism and New World Order

04:16 Unwitting Marxist Promotion

05:52 Open Borders Policy

08:31 Climate Change Movement

11:44 Controlling the Food Supply

13:01 War on Farming

14:07 Ireland's Political Situation

16:02 COVID and Great Reset

19:00 Marxism as Kryptonite

19:55 Marxism's Effect on Africa

22:41 China's Influence in Africa

24:59 Global Communist Strategy

27:15 Brexit and UK Politics

28:49 Trump and Marxism

31:33 Elections and Global Impact

33:18 Second Amendment Importance

34:24 Death Toll of Marxism

36:58 Attacking the Traditional Family

38:53 Drag Queen Story Hour

40:57 COVID and Parental Awareness

42:57 Christianity Under Attack

45:12 Population Control Agenda

46:53 UN Socialist Leadership

48:11 Stakeholder Capitalism

49:08 Internationalist Groups

50:27 Attacking the US Dollar

53:17 Greta Thunberg and Climate

56:01 Reception and Outreach

58:29 Boiling It Down

59:38 Final Thoughts

https://x.com/ResolvingR

Red Pandemic: The Global Marxist Cult on Amazon: https://a.co/d/079j3En7

Guest spot on the Peter McCormack show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-uJmcQXcc

Emmet’s Dallas presentation on Marxism is highly recommend as an overview of the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2cy4Dp_8M

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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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