{"id":269322,"date":"2023-07-25T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269322"},"modified":"2023-07-25T13:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:04:34","slug":"gordon-tomb-net-zero-an-existential-threat-to-grid-reliability-and-more-tom-nelson-pod-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269322","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Tomb: \u201cNet Zero: An Existential Threat to Grid Reliability \u2013 and More\u201d | Tom Nelson Pod\u00a0#120"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"422\" data-attachment-id=\"269327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=269327\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?fit=967%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"967,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?fit=723%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?resize=723%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?w=967&amp;ssl=1 967w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?resize=768%2C449&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tomnelson2080\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/VdUj8z4BjtpU4ftJ3uRvBU9wY49bvOXdVnDtvzjP_3hw5HHJtEhpjNdHE3gAuZyxzWSfbeIP=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Tom Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gordon Tomb is a Senior Advisor at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia, whose membership of approximately 120 world-class scientists and researchers are committed to educating the public and policymakers on the benefits of carbon dioxide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is the primary editor of the best-selling \u201cInconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn\u2019t want you to know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Gordon is also a Senior Fellow with the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania\u2019s premier free-market think tank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has spoken on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency on lessons of the Fukushima and Three Mile Island nuclear accidents and has presented testimony to legislative committees on the fallacies of carbon taxes and the ESG movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gordon led communications teams in the recovery from the Three Mile Island accident, the development of an electric transmission project and the reorganization of a FORTUNE 500 company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a consultant with an international management consulting firm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and attended Grove City College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=0s\">00:00<\/a> Introduction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=134s\">02:14<\/a> Modern warming not unusual <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=234s\">03:54<\/a> Climate religion <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=419s\">06:59<\/a> Got 1 quadrillion dollars to waste? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=486s\">08:06<\/a> Messing with the power grid to prevent bad weather?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=674s\">11:14<\/a> Voters care about affordability and reliability <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4hGJhIIcAQ&amp;t=1338s\">22:18<\/a> Discussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O4hGJhIIcAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Tomb is a Senior Advisor at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia, whose membership of approximately 120 world-class scientists and researchers are committed to educating the public and policymakers on the benefits of carbon dioxide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":269327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818352,691818056,691818076,691818229,691821338],"class_list":["post-269322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-carbon-taxes","tag-climate-change","tag-co2","tag-esg","tag-modern-warming","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Screenshot-2023-07-25-130318.png?fit=967%2C565&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-183U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":255673,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255673","url_meta":{"origin":269322,"position":0},"title":"Though Beleaguered, Science Education is Alive in America","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"National Science Teachers Association Rejects the Scientific Method","rel":"","context":"In \"Carbon dioxide\"","block_context":{"text":"Carbon dioxide","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-dioxide"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Science-Education.png?fit=850%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Science-Education.png?fit=850%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Science-Education.png?fit=850%2C446&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Science-Education.png?fit=850%2C446&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":289072,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289072","url_meta":{"origin":269322,"position":1},"title":"Guest Column: Gordon Was Standing Tall In The Saddle Until He Backed Down","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/28\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Guest columnist Gregory Wrightstone writes, \"Gov. 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