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What rural people actually think about clean energy
A new survey reveals how rural Americans feel about clean energy & the developers who are selling it. It casts some light on the arguments that work and…
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David Roberts
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54:43
What? The sun isn't always shining?!
Having recently learned that the sun isn't always shining & the wind isn't always blowing, I turned to Princeton professor Jesse Jenkins to help explain…
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David Roberts
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1:34:37
What's next for clean energy and climate mitigation
On June 28, Canary Media held a live event in the downtown Seattle home space of beloved local independent radio station KEXP. Among other things, it…
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David Roberts
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59:07
How can AI help with climate change?
Are artificial intelligence (AI) & machine learning (ML) helping or hurting the climate fight? With MIT's Priya Donti, head of the nonprofit Climate…
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David Roberts
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59:35
How to think about solar radiation management
Global temperatures are likely to rise over the next 30 to 40 years no matter what we do. One way to mitigate those short-term risks is to seed the…
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David Roberts
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1:06:40
On the abuse (and proper use) of climate models
I talk with researcher Erica Thompson about her new book, "Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About…
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David Roberts
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1:28:11
Which technologies get cheaper over time, and why?
Why are some clean-energy technologies on learning curves, coming down in cost, and other aren't? What is it about some technologies that make them…
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David Roberts
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44:01
The extraordinary potential value of enhanced geothermal power
Geothermal power has conventionally been viewed as a baseload, always-on resource, like nuclear. But new research suggests it could play a much more…
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David Roberts
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1:04:46
Learning curves will lead to extremely cheap clean energy
A newly published research paper out of Oxford suggests that a rapid energy transition will not "cost" anything -- it will save nearly a trillion…
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David Roberts
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1:04:27
Volts podcast: Dr. Ye Tao on a grand scheme to cool the Earth
Some people -- including Harvard researcher Ye Tao -- believe that even aggressive decarbonization will still leave the Earth too hot to bear. He has…
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1:04:10
Volts podcast: Fran Moore on how to represent social change in climate models
Policy and social change are treated as "exogenous" in climate models. Modelers determine the values & feed them in; they do not interact dynamically…
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David Roberts
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1:02:15
Volts podcast: Matthew Metz & Janelle London on gasoline superusers & smarter EV subsidies
A recent report found that a disproportionate amount of gasoline consumption can be traced to a relatively small number of "superusers." The authors of…
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