How Elite Consensus Botched COVID, Climate, and the Economy - Dr. Steven Koonin

I sat down with theoretical physicist Dr. Steven Koonin, author of “Unsettled” and former Under Secretary of Energy for Science under President Obama, to discuss what he calls the “consensus trap.” He argues that the 2008 financial crisis, COVID policies, and climate alarmism all followed the same template, and the people who got it wrong faced no accountability while the costs fell on the poor. Institutions built policy on flawed models, manufactured an elite consensus, and punished the scientists who dissented.

We get into:

* Why Fauci saying “I represent science” was a betrayal of science

* How the RCP 8.5 climate scenario was used for propaganda

* Working as BP’s chief scientist and inside the Department of Energy

* Why the global energy transition hasn’t moved the needle on fossil fuel use

* Why wind and solar can’t be the backbone of the electric grid

* The real risks of EMP attacks and solar storms

* The state of nuclear power and small modular reactors

* How AI is reshaping energy reliability, affordability, and emissions

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