Dale Wen: Green Ideology Is Harming Food Security | Tom Nelson Pod #329
Caltech PhD. Climate realist working on food security and energy security for 2 decades. Climate alarmism and net zero critique.
00:00 Introduction to Dale Wen and Green Ideology
00:59 Dale Wen's Background and Career Shift
02:08 Outline of the Talk
02:19 Challenges of Food Security and Climate Change
02:33 Green Revolution Achievements
02:51 Case Study: Greenpeace and Golden Rice
03:03 Case Study: Sri Lanka's Food Crisis
03:21 Case Study: EU's Refusal to Help Africa
03:35 Case Study: EU's Farm to Fork Strategy
04:05 Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture
06:49 Historical Climate Challenges
09:33 China's Food Security in the 1970s
10:47 Green Revolution's Impact on Food Security
12:39 Synthetic Fertilizers and Agricultural Innovation
13:10 Green Ideology Blocking Agricultural Progress
13:30 Golden Rice Controversy
15:02 Sri Lanka's Organic Transition Failure
23:31 Bhutan's Organic Transition
24:39 EU's Green Initiatives and Africa
25:57 EU's Farm to Fork Strategy
28:42 Environmental Impact of Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture
33:42 Debunking Organic Agriculture Myths
34:33 The Reality of Organic Pesticides
35:53 Comparing Toxicity: Organic vs. Conventional
39:28 Economic and Environmental Impacts of Organic Farming
40:09 The Definition and Misconceptions of Organic Agriculture
41:40 Insights from Global Agricultural Assessments
44:57 The Politics of Agroecology
46:38 The Push for Regenerative Farming
49:22 Concluding Thoughts on Green Ideology
51:16 Q&A Session: Organic Food, Bugs, and Synthetic Meats
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