The Grid Is a Fordable, Reliable and Low Emissions

4min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

If you want a grid that is a fordable and low emissions, wind and solar the way to go. The problem is, first of all, they're not very reliable. If you want it to be affordable and reliable, then you've got gas, coal, nuclear. But if you want to make that clean, you need to get rid of the fossil fuels. You need to have wind and solar. But then you need some what's called despatchable power - ways in which you can fill in the short fall when the wind and solar don't genera batteries. Pumped hydro is one possibility. On converting electricity into some chemical, hydrogen, by electro electralizing

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.