Neil Winton: Former Reuters journalist; current climate realist | Tom Nelson Pod #95
Neil Winton worked as a journalist at Reuters for 32 years, including as global Science and Technology Correspondent.
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Wintonsworld Electric Car Test Range Data https://www.wintonsworld.com/electric-car-test-range-data/
When I Covered Climate Change for Reuters I Thought CO2 Was Certainly to Blame for Rising Temperatures. I Was Wrong https://dailysceptic.org/2023/02/23/when-i-covered-climate-change-for-reuters-i-thought-co2-was-to-blame-for-rising-temperatures-i-was-wrong/?highlight=neil%20winton
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Writing about global warming at Reuters in the 1990s
01:54 More laziness than conspiracy
02:32 Covering Climate Now propaganda
03:43 Banned on LinkedIn for climate realism
04:53 Reporting both sides for Reuters in the 1990s
06:36 Mismatch between hype and reality on EVs
07:24 Driving more than 20 EVs; getting press car for a week
08:05 Less range than advertised
12:09 Trying to make EVS as good in every way as ICE cars?
13:06 Hard to make money on small EVs
14:06 Battery replacement half the cost of a new car?
14:52 Small, affordable EVS could make sense in town
15:30 EV fire danger?
17:21 Warm periods in the past
18:56 Industry in Europe has "just gone along with" climate hysteria
20:11 97% of scientists allegedly agree, so shut up
22:12 Attenborough propaganda
26:16 CBDCs
28:55 His blog
30:44 Musk Tesla range figures based on only 55 mph?
32:02 Battery swapping
34:23 Small, cheap Chinese EVs
35:23 Boris Johnson virtue-signalling
38:28 For EVs, the whole long distance scenario is a nightmare
40:15 Coal-powered German EVs
41:10 EVs are not zero-emission cars
42:07 Tires on heavier EVs wear out faster
42:51 How to pay for roads?
45:33 Forcing people out of their cars
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