We are going to be adding a media section. This section will highlight the best videos and podcasts related to the climate change discussion. While I already have my own personal list that I will include, I want to give readers a chance to weigh in on their favorites. Part of the reason for doing this is that quality climate skeptic videos get suppressed by “woke” search engines. We want to make them easy to find here.
Just a couple of requests:
1. Any video/podcast that looks/sounds like a rant won’t past muster here. For example, one former commenter who routinely claimed to have found “a new paradigm” will be automatically excluded. Along those same lines, anything that claims planetary atmospheric pressure is the cause, or that barycentrism rules, or a host of other “out there” crackpot theories that we have debunked here over the years will automatically get passed over.
2. Any video/podcast that claims “hoax”, “fraud” etc. also won’t do. I want content that discusses the science and the issues factually and rationally without stooping to mudslinging, namecalling, and derogatory commentary. There are plenty of places where these videos and podcasts exist, and some are very popular. Just like global warming aka catastrophic climate change itself is a popular belief, just becuase it is popular, doesn’t mean we should include it.
3. If you submit a video/podcast, be mindful of anything behind paywalls. Also, since the WUWT staff may not have time to fully review each and every one, if you can provide a brief summary, it would be helpful. All we need is a working link and a description.
That’s it. For starters, and as an example of quality content, here is one we will be including:
P.S. We may include a category that is comedy/satire, so consider that too. Likewise, we may include videos where the presentation is simply flat wrong, but we’ll need the “why” in detail ahead of time. If that happens, it is likely to be a second round effort. Also, don’t try to make sense of the header picture in this post related to any of this. I simply liked the clouds and couldn’t find anything representative that worked any better. – Anthony
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Moore’s Planet of the Humans of course
The Canadian Climate Discussion Nexus (CDN) publish “backgrounder” videos which are top notch. The following are just two, which are well worth watching.
“How sensitive is the atmosphere”, addressing climate sensitivity:
How sensitive is the atmosphere? – YouTube
“Big Trouble in the Tropical Troposphere”, addressing the predicted hotspot and failure to confirm it by observation.
Big Trouble in the Tropical Troposphere – YouTube
This is a good one, Alex Epstein’s “The moral case for fossil fuels”.
Remarkably it’s a “Talks at Google” video:
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels | Alex Epstein | Talks at Google – YouTube
His entire YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ImproveThePlanet/videos
My favorite is the one where he mops the floor with Bill McKibben (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_a9RP0J7PA&t=952s). And he has interviews with Steve Koonin, Bjorn Lomborg, Michael Shellenberger and many others.
Ross McKitrick explains his challenge to Allen&Tett “Optimal Fingerprinting” method used for climate attribution.
UN’s IPCC Gets it Wrong on Greenhouse Gas Effect – YouTube
The IPCC don’t care that the attribution studies they rely on are statistically faulty or fraudulent, that they resurrected the ‘hockey sick’ in AR6 shows that.
I’m not sure whether this qualifies or which category it belongs in, but I suspect that comedy/satire would be closest.
It’s about climate change induced “hotter droughts” killing thousands of Giant Sequoia in California, from Sky news.
https://news.sky.com/story/california-wildfires-at-least-10-000-giant-sequoia-trees-killed-after-lightning-strikes-spark-blazes-12473324
It might be an idea to add a list of entered, but non-admitted video’s, and giving the reason. Reasons might vary from ‘not evaluated yet’, ‘of doubtful value’, to ‘a clear rant’, or whatever.
Net Zero Watch documenting inaccurate claims about climate change and Arctic wildlife, and dramatic rise in eco anxiety among young people.
Attenborough’s Arctic Betrayal – YouTube
In my humble opinion, this category should be the main offering.
I’m with Rud on this approach –
ridicule is the most powerful deflation device.
https://youtu.be/hvhipLNeda4
Chris Essex six impossible things before breakfast is one of my personal favorites
She beats Al Gore.
What a little Star! Greta stands no chance.
You might want to consider a link to CFACT’s Podcasts.
https://www.cfact.org/podcasts/
Featured Contributors
District of Conservation
GABRIELLA HOFFMAN
District of Conservation is a podcast highlighting the incredible conservationists who thrive and survive deep in or around “The Swamp.” These are the policymakers, storytellers, trailblazers, and hardworking folks who go unnoticed but shape this region—whether they live or work here. In addition to guests, the podcast will also cover difficult and even controversial conservation public policy matters and news.
Energy-Cast
JAY DAUENHAUER
A podcast about the energy sector, with particular focus on business, policy, and economic issues. Hosted by Jay Dauenhauer, each episode examines a facet of the energy sector, such as Coal, Oil/Gas, Nuclear, Biofuels, Battery, Geothermal, Hydro, Wind, Solar, and Fusion. We then interview an expert in that sector, to explore the opportunities and challenges of bringing these technologies to the energy mix.
Does the exclusion of atmospheric pressure being a contributory cause include references to the planet Venus?
The temperature gradient of a vertical column of gas in gravitational field, “the adiabatic lapse rate” is entirely accepted physics, used by meteorologists every day. Sussing out the less-than-informed that think it’s something to do with pressure/compression heating can be mentally painful. Especially when it comes to Venus….
It’s strange how compressed gas cylinders at the local welding supply place are at ambient temperature.
Podcasts
Alex Epstein power hour
Robert Bryce power hungry
I’d suggest that if at all possible, Closed Captioned versions should be submitted, and if a transcript of the video is available then include the link for that.
Sometimes neither C.C. nor a transcript is available. Don’t ever let that discourage you from submitting good stuff. There are not too many of us that have never heard** a video here on WUWT. That’s the breaks in life for some of us. (I usually get most of what went on in a No C.C./No transcript video from comments. Thanks, commenters! 😁).
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One exception: Years ago I went out and bought special headphones just so I could hear a Bob Tisdale video. It didn’t work out so well for me, but I just wanted to hear his voice. I really like and admire his work. Worth the money, BTW.
I have always liked this one about weather cooking: bad weather in the Little Ice Age, things like a meter (3 feet) of hail in Germany, etc. Truly amazing what they experienced back then.
Excellent counter of the lie that we are on uncharted territory with extremes in our current times.
And a friendly reminder that finding a scapegoat for it is of all times. And that being sceptical about that is akin to being guilty, then and now.
Dr. Baliunas on Weather Cooking
This is a great classic presentation.
Groene Stroom – segment from “Zondag met Lubach”, Dutch humour/satire programme with English subtitles, that covers the absurdities of green electricity, including how greenwashing works, importing woodchips from the US to the Netherlands while claiming it’s green.
Seriously funny, informative and recommended.
It’s worth playing the sound for the sound effects even if you have no Dutch.
Great idea Anthony.
BTW, I love the clouds…don’t we live on a wonderful planet!
Some of the video presentatons to Heartland and various conferences by Bob Carter are classics…perhaps a bit out of date now in some aspects as we have updated data now, but the principles he presents are timeless for debunking the AGW nonsense.
Are you going to classify the videos by topics? Sea level rise, tide gauges vs. satellites, temperature rise, glaciers melting (?), wild weather (not) , etc.? Makes them easier to find if you want info on a particular aspect.
There is one with John Christie giving a talk to a college that is first rate and although pretty old now Bob Carters talk in Sydney.
I’m kinda happy with this YouTube tape with Mark Levin; it is pushing 3 million views.
Is it not obvious from FLOP26, business as usual, skeptic or otherwise, is over?
The world is is moving on, major economics are at play.
Part of the Problem, or Part of the solution?
Hmmm, how ’bout including graphics that show how the data has been re-written over the years to demonstrate what climate science is doing to historical data.
The Parker Gallant Energy Perspectives blog has occasional podcasts.
This is an excellent and damning review of the US National Climate Assessment from CDN.
This was my favourite from the recent Heartland Institute series, William Happer:
Be careful what you exclude from the Media Section as it could well be the truth. Don’t do what the MSM has done to investigative science.