First Principles Podcast

The Norfolk train derailment that took place in East Palestine, Ohio was one of the worst environmental disasters to happen on the mainland of the USA. The strange thing about the story is that the vinyl chloride being carried in one of the rail cars, was burned on purpose. The question this, why would they do that? They claim they had no choice because the temperature in the rail car was concerning. However, I seek to uncover the claims, as always, from first principles.  Watch the video version of this podcast on the YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/FYYstLhXmEk  Subscribe to the First Principles YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/YouTube1P  Connect on social media: https://www.instagram.com/f1rstprinciplespod https://www.twitter.com/f1rstprinciples   

The Dutch farmers protests had been heating up over the past summer. What are the origins of the protests? Are there technological solutions that exist to solve the issues? What is the bigger picture and the ties to the world economic forum? First Principles Podcast attempts to answer all these questions. Watch the video version of this podcast on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/8AMW800gJoA Subscribe to the First Principles YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/YouTube1P  Connect on social media: https://www.instagram.com/f1rstprinciplespod https://www.twitter.com/f1rstprinciples  FirstPrinciplesPodcast.com Support this channel by donating with PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/f1rstprinciples    

In this episode, we discuss Carbon Collective, which purports to be an investment firm focused on climate conscious 'green' investments. We review their practices and portfolio, and point out some MAJOR flaws. Green Investment is a buzzword and if you are not careful, you could potentially be giving away your money to a bunch of snake oil salesmen! Connect on social media: https://www.instagram.com/f1rstprinciplespod https://www.twitter.com/f1rstprinciples  Subscribe to the First Principles YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/YouTube1P  FirstPrinciplesPodcast.com

ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance scoring. These are criteria that corporations must follow in order to demonstrate compliance with meta profit initiatives. But, do ESGs really do what they set out to do? Or are they just another regulatory burden and game put in place for companies to have to navigate, further creating division between the giant corporations and smaller businesses?   FirstPrinciplesPodcast.com Connect on social media: https://www.instagram.com/f1rstprinciplespod https://www.twitter.com/f1rstprinciples  Subscribe to the First Principles YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/YouTube1P   

Climate Trace is the new brain child of Al Gore. It purports to use satellite data, amongst other technologies like Artificial Intelligence to track and locate CO2 pollution sources.  There are several flaws with their methodology. In this episode, we unpack some of these flaws and the dangers posed.    FirstPrinciplesPodcast.com Connect on social media: https://www.instagram.com/f1rstprinciplespod https://www.twitter.com/f1rstprinciples  Subscribe to the First Principles YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/YouTube1P