James Kamis: EV CO2 footprint; natural microplastics; geological climate impacts | Nelson Pod #207

James Edward Kamis is a retired Geologist with forty-two years of experience. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Idaho State University. More than forty-six years of research has convinced him that geological forces significantly influence, or in some cases, completely control climate, and climate-related events as per his Plate Climatology Theory. 00:00 Meet James Kamis: A Geologist's Journey 00:24 The Hidden Carbon Footprint of Electric Cars 00:42 Mining's Massive Impact: From Open Pit to Ocean 01:04 Electrical Cars: Beyond the Tailpipe Emissions 01:42 The Environmental Cost of Electric Car Production 08:56 Generating Electricity: The Untold Story 12:19 The Complexities of Electric Car Infrastructure 17:47 Ocean Microplastics: A New Perspective 29:20 Unraveling the Mystery of Ocean Temperature Changes 33:17 Exploring Ocean Warming: The North Atlantic 33:56 Geological Heat Sources and Oceanic Changes 35:54 The Pacific Ocean's Heat Mystery: El Niño and La Niña 39:50 Geoengineering and Climate Intervention Projects 45:15 Melting Ice and Geological Features in Antarctica 53:03 Addressing Coral Bleaching and Forest Fires 54:59 Insights from 'Geological Impacts on Climate' 57:56 Q&A Session: Microplastics, El Niño Predictions, and Future Research June 2023 book by James E. Kamis: “Geological Impacts on Climate”  https://a.co/d/2x9bJeL Kamis’ website: https://www.plateclimatology.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@plateclimatology4845 ———————— AI summaries of all of my podcasts (plus transcripts of recent podcasts): https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomANelson Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html Notes for climate skeptics: https://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html