Is There a World Operating on Complete Renewables?

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The idea a world operating on complete renewables, which includes the whole basket of everything you just said, is probably not going to happen till the 20 second century. And so in the meantime, you have all these developing countries that want to come on line and join the developed world, and they need energy. At the moment, fossil hels are still the way to go to get two of your three, of the of the three legged stool. You knowit seems like a, we're kind of bumping up against a political issue there as well. Rigt yessa, an imoral issue, i would say.

According to Steven Koonin, when it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that “the science is settled.” Koonin avers that the long game of telephone from research to reports, to the popular media, is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Koonin says that core questions about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be remain largely unanswered. Koonin acknowledges that the climate is changing, and he claims the whyand how aren’t as clear as you’ve probably been led to believe, and what the impacts will be remain largely unanswered.

In this engaging conversation Michael Shermer challenges Dr. Koonin with many of the most common critiques of his book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, and Steven Koonin responds by drawing upon his decades of experience — including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration.