Ron Clutz Part 2: “Highlights from 3400 Climate Blog Posts” #423

<p>Ron Clutz continues a three-part framework on climate change: humans cause warming, warming is dangerous, and government can stop it. He argues observed warming can be explained by post–Little Ice Age recovery plus multidecadal oscillations and solar-orbital effects, and says “alarmists” deny these. He describes a taxpayer-funded “climate scare machine” and cites a Climate Change Business Journal estimate of a $3.4T/year global climate industry. Using Joseph D’Aleo’s materials, he disputes claims about heatwaves, storms, droughts, wildfires, ice loss, ocean acidification, health, and food, then focuses on Arctic sea ice cycles and sea-level model projections versus tide gauges. He stresses climate is local (Köppen zones) and says climate policies are wasteful, ineffective, and harmful, citing project failures, costs, and energy poverty.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Framework Recap</p><p>01:07 Natural Warming Factors</p><p>03:56 Climate Scare Machine</p><p>07:59 Eleven Empty Claims</p><p>13:56 Polar Bears and Sea Ice</p><p>20:00 Sea Level Scare Tactics</p><p>28:27 Climates Are Local</p><p>35:13 Warming Impacts Summary</p><p>35:59 Can Governments Stop It</p><p>37:56 Energy Transition Reality</p><p>40:19 Why Hydrocarbons Rule</p><p>42:06 Energy Mix Big Picture</p><p>43:47 Trillions Visualized</p><p>45:22 Waste One Missing Funds</p><p>45:59 Waste Two Project Failures</p><p>48:35 Waste Three Blade Graveyards</p><p>49:13 Waste Four Operational Collapse</p><p>50:18 Hydrogen And Biofuels</p><p>51:32 Fear Sells Climate Policy</p><p>53:06 Policy Weapons And Results</p><p>55:51 Energy Poverty And Jobs</p><p>59:09 Rare Metals And Land Use</p><p>01:01:40 Better Priorities Consensus</p><p>01:02:29 Absurd Costly Pointless</p><p>01:03:59 Cartoons And Media Satire</p><p>01:09:33 Arctic Update And Data</p><p>01:13:28 Wrap Up Links And Wildfires</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://rclutz.com/">https://rclutz.com/</a></p><p>=========</p><p>Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: <a href="https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries">https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries</a></p><p>My Linktree: <a href="https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1">https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1</a></p>