Summary of Alexander Pohl: “Wind power as a proxy for corruption” | Tom Nelson Pod #88

00:00:00 - 00:50:00

Alexander Pohl, a former sustainable finance and banking professional, discusses the corruption present in the green transition, with wind power being a particular example. He explains how wind farms make losses and are financially engineered to offshore cash to tax havens, and he speaks about his attempts to expose this information to the media, including The Guardian, who stopped responding when he exposed this green fraud. Pohl also discusses the influence of global elites on organizations such as the World Economic Forum and United Nations, and he questions whether the solutions being sold to the public actually make sense in terms of creating infinite and cheap electricity. He emphasizes the importance of questioning information and focusing on the vision of the future rather than blindly supporting wind turbines as a solution to climate change.

• 00:00:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl, a former sustainable finance and banking professional, discusses his background and experience working with companies such as KPMG and HSBC. He learned how the financial world works and became adept at looking at large transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and assessing risks and insurance. He emphasizes the importance of knowledge as the new currency and shares his unique insights into the green transition and climate change.
• 00:05:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl discusses his background in the insurance and banking sectors where he learned about climate change modeling and risk assessment related to pollution, contamination, and toxic materials. He then shares how he joined the HSBC bank to lead its climate business and worked on green finance, renewable energy project finance, and early carbon trading. Pohl explains how he discovered some fundamental flaws in the permitting and regulation of wind farms, which led him to investigate the propaganda and biased press coverage surrounding wind energy. Despite having many contacts at the press and media, Pohl faced difficulty getting his voice heard, and it wasn't until he found a Dutch documentarian, Mariah Wells, that he could share his insights and discoveries about the wind energy industry.
• 00:10:00 In this section, the speaker discusses his crowd-funded film, "Headwind 21," which is split into two main parts: the first is to raise awareness about how things marketed as good can be bad, and the second is to challenge the logic and claims behind wind turbine usage for energy. The speaker warns that humans are easily influenced through consumerism and marketing trends and that there is systemic collusion promoting wind turbines, riddled with psychological techniques that rely on emotional tools and subconscious programming. He challenges the argument that wind turbines are harmless, and urges viewers to watch the film for more information on why the green transition and the foundation of wind turbines as "saving the planet" is problematic.
• 00:15:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl discusses the topic of wind power and its impact on apex predators. He notes that wind turbines kill large eagles, which are apex predators, and are important low population birds that help stabilize ecosystems. In contrast, buildings and agriculture tend to kill smaller birds like sparrows and songbirds. Pohl warns against comparing wind power to other industries without considering the types of birds they affect. He also comments on the financial motivations behind renewable energy and questions the need for infinite and cheap electricity as a solution to global problems.
• 00:20:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl talks about how energy, particularly wind power, has become a proxy for corruption, where the allocation of resources and GDP are not distributed equally among the population. He shares his experience at the World Bank through the massive hydroelectric scheme built across Ginger Falls in Uganda, which was enough to lift the entire country out of poverty but still left the people living in squalor. Furthermore, he discusses the United Nations, its documents such as Sustainable Development Goals, and how it has become a dark and dirty organization through fraud and corruption. Finally, he talks about how the World Economic Forum and Antonio Gutierrez signed a strategic agreement to employ the former as an advisory for the latter and highlights the world economic forum's role in representing corporations and global elites.
• 00:25:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl discusses how various global institutions and organizations work collaboratively and are heavily influenced by global elites. He mentions the World Economic Forum and United Nations, which produce reports about climate change and push for policies that align with their interests. He also talks about the origin of climate change, stating that it is such a complex system that even scientists can't accurately model it. Pohl focuses on whether the solution being sold to us actually makes sense, such as the idea that wind turbines create millions of jobs. He points out the sloppiness of statistics and data aggregation, revealed by a recent report in Sweden that found only one of all the wind farms in Sweden is technically profitable.
• 00:30:00 the most renowned media outlets are not as independent as they claim to be when it comes to reporting on the green agenda. Alexander Pohl, a former investment banker, noticed that wind farms make losses and are financially engineered to offshore cash to tax havens. He delved further and connected the political dots by speaking to politicians, journalists and lobbyists and found out about this murky lobbying world that influences politicians to make certain decisions. He reached out to various newspapers, including The Guardian, but they stopped responding when he exposed this green fraud. It became clear that some media outlets in the green space were being bought by philanthropic partnerships such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, George Soros' Open Society Foundation and the Rockefeller family.
• 00:35:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl discusses his attempts to convince investigative journalists to pursue the truth about the corruption present in the sustainability space. He highlights the dishonest ways in which influential figures present themselves, pointing out that Paul Pullman, former CEO of Unilever and high-profile sustainability influencer, failed to disclose his position as a board member of the Rockefeller Foundation, which made billions from oil before demonizing it. Pohl also reveals John Flint's position as a director of Seb bank, which lends money to projects that benefit the bank, and the influence of the Wallenberg family, one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, in driving global policy through the International Energy Agency. Pohl expresses concern about the merging of public and private entities and the resulting control over policy and agenda.
• 00:40:00 In this section, speaker Alexander Pohl discusses the "hidden hands" behind popular figures such as Greta Thunberg and environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund. Pohl argues that many of these organizations have connections to Sweden, and he questions the validity of Sweden's influence on global views. Pohl also expresses concern about an industrial agenda that relies on technology and electricity, despite the harm it can cause to the planet and biological life. Instead, Pohl advocates for a return to nature and the use of natural, empowering tools that have been largely overlooked.
• 00:45:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl talks about how humans are capable of finding simple solutions to complex problems if they work together rationally, scientifically, and intuitively. However, he warns against blindly trusting information found on the internet and suggests having conversations with professors and NGOs to validate information. Pohl shares his experience of trying to speak to 350.org about the potential harms of wind turbines, to no avail. He also discusses the recent Indigenous people's protests against wind turbines and emphasizes that they are not protesting due to cultural reasons but because wind turbines are destroying nature and their way of life. Pohl believes that the legal argument is evolving, but ultimately, wind turbines are machines and a synthetic replacement for trees.
• 00:50:00 In this section, Alexander Pohl discusses how the younger generation that supports Greta Thunberg and believes in climate change are being influenced. He questions where they get their information and who finances it, and was surprised that they were full of answers when he was 18 he was full of questions. He highlights that a lack of questioning can lead to exploitation, and that people need to focus on what the vision of the future is with wind turbines, and what they facilitate. Pohl explains that it is crucial to understand the future that is being solved through wind turbines, rather than thinking of them as the future themselves.