Carbon Dioxide Is Not Killing the Earth and Other Fallacious Narratives

On March 18, 2024, Tom Nelson, Laurel Imer, Susan Kochevar, and John Carson joined the show. Nelson discussed his new documentary Climate the Movie, arguing that the climate crisis narrative is false and CO2 increases benefit life on Earth Imer discussed her campaign for Republican National Committee woman, emphasizing grassroots engagement, ending purity tests, and attracting younger voters Kochevar exposed the cronyism in California’s minimum wage. Debunking the Climate Crisis Narrative Start listening at 30:59 – Hour 1 Tom Nelson dismantles the climate crisis narrative with the precision of a veteran researcher. Having studied climate science since 2007, Nelson traces his awakening to an ivory-billed woodpecker controversy that exposed scientific fraud. That experience led him to examine climate claims with similar skepticism, finding them equally baseless. Nelson’s new documentary, Climate the Movie, premiered in London and the Netherlands before its Washington D.C. screening. The 80-minute film, produced by Martin Durkin, presents the skeptic case that warming is beneficial and CO2 is not a climate control knob. Nelson describes the climate agenda as “a war on working class people” that enriches activists and electric vehicle companies while achieving nothing measurable for the weather. From European farmer protests to Biden’s electric vehicle push, Nelson argues market forces should determine energy choices. He reports European audiences are pushing back against policies that would shut down fertile farmland in the name of preventing bad weather. “None of it is going to make any difference. We can do anything, we can spend $50 trillion dollars, change our lifestyles, and none of that is going to make any measurable difference to the weather or climate in 2050. The whole thing is, I like to call it a scam.” Tom Nelson, Host of the Tom Nelson Podcast Building Republican Unity Through Grassroots Engagement Start listening at 16:57 – Hour 1 Laurel Imer brings a decade of grassroots activism to her campaign for Republican National Committee woman. The fourth-generation Colorado native served as Jefferson County chair for Donald Trump in 2016 and was a presidential elector that same year. Imer identifies three factions within the Republican Party and calls for ending purity tests that divide conservatives. She observes that elected officials sometimes shift from grassroots to establishment thinking once in office, losing connection with their base. Her prescription focuses on policy over personality and building the Republican brand with younger voters. The candidate emphasizes education about Colorado’s caucus and assembly process, noting that even 10 percent participation from the state’s 907,000 registered Republicans would overwhelm current meeting spaces. “If we don’t engage Generation Z and some of these young millennials and explain to them our platform of freedom and prosperity, liberty, if we don’t do that and build our brand, where are we going to be in 25 to 30 years, Kim?” Laurel Imer, Candidate for Colorado RNC Woman Exposing Minimum Wage Cronyism Start listening at 68:59 – Hour 2 Entrepreneur Susan Kochevar exposes the cronyism behind California’s new fast food minimum wage law. The $20 hourly mandate exempts chains that bake bread on-site, a carve-out that benefits Panera Bread franchisee Greg Flynn, a major donor to Governor Gavin Newsom. Kochevar calcula...