Energy and the Current Narrative: Fireside Chat with Chris Wright and Dr. Steven Koonin

Fireside Chat with Chris Wright and Dr. Steven Koonin, author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters.

[@francoisperrin7397]

I've discovered Koonin via a French radio station that gives time to people who don't have a voice in the mainstream media. I was amazed by his speech of facts. It echoed what I learned in the University from an honest climatologist. Like he said, taking trillion-dollar decisions on false conclusions from climate alarmists is beyond common sense.

[@supercomp7078]

I am halfway through Steven's book and it is an eye opener, well worth the read, what the climate scientists leave out of reports is the most revelevent data, science should inform, not persuade.

[@kayakMike1000]

I heard about some ACRIM solar irradiance data was fudged in the 90s

[@mrunning10]

@@kayakMike1000 Heard it on Fox News no doubt?

[@terenceiutzi4003]

​@mrunning10 It was published on at least 10 climate sites. Just like the reports of NOAA falsifying North Atlantic temperature data. The MET department falsifying the Greenland temperature data.

[@torestorebo2104]

I have read Koonins book and listend to the coversation. Very good! Very informative! Thank you! Greetings from Norway.

[@westtexas806]

He is a fraud for science.

[@MrRobertLake]

@@westtexas806 please explain D DS! In the answer state your name, affiliation and credentials.or are you just another science denier?

[@brianfuller2241]

@@westtexas806 Please provide references or you are just talking. Koonin's book has hundreds of references directly from reviewed scientific journals.

[@jazznoteblue5393]

Google him to find his credentials

[@mrunning10]

@@westtexas806 Spot fucking ON.

[@aaronhollis1498]

Thank you Chris Wright for speaking out for our industry! We need more competent executives talking about these important topics!

[@mrunning10]

And what fucking "industry" is THAT?

[@donwilliams495]

I pre-ordered his book and am working my way through it. Well written and thoroughly documented. Sadly, the non-scientific folks I have talked to about the subject aren't willing to accept the facts, preferring instead to listen to what the politicians put forth.

[@donwilliams495]

Let me comment on my comment. I wish Koonin would write a short summary of the book with just the key facts and non-scientific proof.

[@douglasengle2704]

Earth's greenhouse effect is a model of a system always in saturation is taught in USA high school science, at least it was in the 1970s. There no means to make a system in saturation to have more effect. Earth's greenhouse effect takes place within 20 meters of surface absorbing all the radiant greenhouse energy from the surface with greenhouse gases 99-1/2% on average being due to water vapor. The IPCC science report in the back of some 200 pages states in took its greenhouse gas samples at 20,000 meters altitude. The a legal back stop because a reasonably educated person can be argued would know that is not where greenhouse gases are active or earth's greenhouse effect takes place. The IPCC has been very transparent on it.

[@brianfuller2241]

Koonin's book is outstanding. It is called "Unsettled?". It is a science-based book so if you have no science background it will require you to put some effort into it but the knowledge you will gain is critical for an informed society. If you get your current knowledge of climate science from main stream media or from your public school teacher then you have been misinformed.

[@Truth_to_Powers]

“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.” ― Gustave Le Bon,

[@mrunning10]

can't tell what the fuck you're trying to say, manmade climate change, real or a hoax?

[@davidbuderim2395]

Once you accept nuclear you don't need solar or wind.

[@miked5106]

Which is why it's not moving fwd in the west. We are being (taxed) forced into more expensive wind and solar to the financial benefit of global corporations that see growth in the east. They will use the cheaper fossil fuels. As they say follow the $$$.

[@wheel-man5319]

Exactly 💯

[@libation14221]

I've ordered Dr. Koonin's book. Sounds fascinating. One comment on methane; Dr.William Happer has mentioned in his lectures that methane, while being potent, is measured in parts per BILLION vs CO2 being measured in parts per MILLION. It's a tiny fraction and more influenced by natural causes.

[@wheel-man5319]

Methane is so volatile that I can see no way that it would have any effect in an atmosphere with as much oxygen and nitrogen as the earth's contains.

[@scottekoontz]

You seem to be claiming that things measured in ppm or ppb cannot possibly make a difference. Sine natural forcings are heading towards cooling, what did you think was warming the earth? Please tell me it's God or magic.

[@lawrencestark4356]

I too got a degree from MIT, and I was very impressed by your description of the flaws in the public revelation of scientific studies of climate. I was, however, concerned about your comment that the national laboratories' provided valuable advice on Covid, given the tragic impact of the national shutdown of business and education implemented by governments at the Federal, State and Local level. Other than that--well done!

[@mrunning10]

WHAT the fuck you talking about? 1 million Americans DIED because of COVID. THAT'S "OK?"

[@tom933klein]

Tom Klein Dr. Koonin. Your presentation is even more impressive than your book, if that is possible.I think this is possible. This is because it gives one a better feel than your book, about your thinking, which is impressive

[@stevek9793]

Will Happer: "The most compelling takeaway message is that the maniacal focus on carbon dioxide (CO2) as the "control knob" of the Earth's climate is a profound delusion."

[@scottekoontz]

Sad that he has never admitted how very wrong he has been. Years later with all peer reviewed work pointing to CO2 as the primary forcing and this non Climate scientist is probably holding onto his gut feelings. His profound delusions were that he assumed since he did well in one field he could pretend that he understood another and reverse the super majority of expert opinions. Happer got lost in his own Self Appeal to Authority.

[@jazznoteblue5393]

I like to inform my fb friends by posting your videos

[@dr.davidrhoads7633]

This is the best articulation of the difference between " follow the science " Meaning follow the scientists who agree with me. And follow the science wherever it leads. Dennis Prager would be a very effective outlet for this discussion. Along with essentially every conservative outlet. HOWEVER getting on a left leaning outlet would be even more effective. Perhaps there is one liberal who will understand the issues related to keeping the very poor in poverty and dare to let you have a voice. Certainly work with Congress and think tanks

[@kayakMike1000]

The problem is with the left ... This is something they weaponize.

[@mrunning10]

The planet does not care who is "conservative" or who is "liberal" only how MUCH CARBON we release into the atmosphere you stupid human being.

[@JanEskildsen]

I can't find page 3, 27 in any report - do you have a link, please show it here. Koonin starts to mention it at 28.49 in the video.

[@mrunning10]

Oh, wow! Surprise!! There are literally 100+ other mis-quotes, or out-of-context "evidence" in his fucking denial book, look at those, you'll find the same.

[@grantw7946]

Sell you're EV before the battery fails. I heard $20K to replace. The upfront for EV is significantly higher than similar ICE car. So equal cost amortization is maybe 20 yrs.

[@billallen3696]

Was Solyndra in your portfolio? Any thoughts on vaccines as of 10/22? I think you missed that one and that the Trump administration did the best they could very early on when nobody had a clue, including Birx and Fauci. The Covid experience is a travesty of epic proportion. We are all being experimented on.

[@mrunning10]

Living in conspiracy helps some people sleep at night.

[@wheel-man5319]

Well, fauci probably had a clue since he approved the research which created covid....

[@Bebopin-69]

42:40, we ll get real yes, but in the meantime it is going to hurt a lot, on our finances, on our liberties, and on our place in the world vs China, Russia, India,..

[@raymondswenson1268]

Electric Vehicles emit greenhouse gasses in a big slug when they are born, so much that a gasol8ne car can drive 50,000 miles before they reach an EV amount. But the EV slug has been warming the atmosphere for years by that point, so the gas car has to drive another 50,000 miles before its global warming impact can EQUAL the global warming effect of the EV. So the EV jumps so far ahead of a gas car in GHG emissions that it takes 100,000 miles to catch up to the EV's warming impact from the time it is MADE, months before it is sold. And if your local electricity comes from fossil fuels, it goes even further ahead of the gas car in ADDING to global warming. EVs ADD to global warming for the first 10 years of their lives.

[@mrunning10]

On balance, EV's SUBTRACT from global warming, your math is way off.

[@markcampbell7577]

Edison generator powered dynamos with inverters and transformers to deliver high voltage AC power to the power lines is a gross oversight. We are grossly misinformed about power generation and power use.

[@mrunning10]

Nope, YOU are 'grossly' misinformed, and obviously your major in college was hair-styling.

[@weignerleigner3037]

I hope you are able to get back on rogan and debate dessler. I wasn’t really convinced by his argument. He began the podcast with the logical fallacy of you worked for bp therefore your a schill. That turned me off immediately. I kept listening and he did make some good points, but I think many of us would love to hear a debate to see who really has the better opinion.

[@Bebopin-69]

55:45, methane. What about 8 billions people farting ??

[@mrunning10]

Hydrogen is the main ingredient. You another climate change denier I bet?

[@markcampbell7577]

Why is MIT abandon regarding the danger nuclear technology halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon more important than carbon emissions reduction.??

[@mrunning10]

get an answer?

[@faizali360]

32:31

[@douglasengle2704]

10:30 Earth's greenhouse effect is a model of a system always in saturation which is taught in USA high school science, at least it was in the 1970s. All the greenhouse radiant energy from the surface is entirely absorbed by greenhouse gases within 20 meters of the surface to add 10°F (5.55°C) to earth's average temperature. After 20 meters from the surface there is no more radiant greenhouse energy. Its further heat transfer is by convection i.e. molecules bumping into each other. Earth's greenhouse effect is an example of a system that is always in saturation even though its main greenhouse gas water vapor vary's hugely across the earth's surface. At average 1% tropospheric water vapor 99-1/2% of earth's greenhouse effect is from the strong greenhouse gas water vapor. There is no scientific mechanism known that would allow for increasing noncondensing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide and methane to warm the planet because water vapor always holds earth's greenhouse effect in saturation. This is high school science. The United Nation's IPCC science report makes it clear it is not discussing active greenhouse gas behavior when in the back of a 200 page report it declares it took its greenhouse gas samples at 20 THOUSAND meters altitude and only at that one altitude! This is a legal back stop to protect the instigators from prosecution of criminal fraud. It can be argued a reasonably high school educated person would know better than to accept the report as being relevant to global warming caused by greenhouse gases because by only sampling greenhouse gases at 20,000 meters altitude the report has made it transparent it is not discussing active greenhouse gas behavior or earth's greenhouse effect. Such legal back stops are common when misrepresenting products through vague wordings. Such items as a beverage labeled "All Natural Fruit Drink Flavor" might be discovered when reading the ingredients to have a statement "contains no actual fruit juice". There has been no correlation with global warming and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the thirty year end-to-end period 1992 - 2022. It should be pointed out that global warming has been stalled at about 1°C since 1991. Somewhat ironically when Al Gore became vise president of the US in 1992 he tried to make it US federal policy human caused carbon dioxide emissions were causing global warming when in late 1994 it was announced global warming had paused in 1991 when global warming was reported at 1.1°C. During the Clinton - Gore administration ending in 2000 global warming temperature actually went down a bit as carbon dioxide levels continued to rise much as they'd done in the 1980s when global warming was rising at 2/10° per decade. In 2022 global warming was reported at 1.1°C.

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

If something changed maybe the young ones noticed

[@marcusimpresario7724]

~ The Journalist's Creed: Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story. Never let truth stand in the way of The Narrative. Never forget that people are really stupid and you must try your best to scare the shit out of them! ~

[@mrunning10]

Wow, Steven Koonin's publishing philosophy!!