Episode 99: Jed Dorsheimer

Jed Dorsheimer is the Global Head of Sustainability Research at Canaccord Genuity, Co-founder and President of the Biophysical Economics Institute and host of the Hidden Joule Podcast. Jed is a leading commentator on: Sustainability/ESG, Allocation of Resources, Climate Change, and Systems Complexity.

We discuss:

Economic ROI (Energy Return on Energy Invested)

Basics of Thermodynamics

An example of something that “Tesla did Differently”

What does “Sustainability” really mean?

Does Nuclear Power get a bad rap?

An example of a well-intentioned German Policy Failure

The Current State of ESG and Life Cycle Analysis

ESG Funds – Clean & Green??

Considering “Negative Externalities”

Concentrated vs Diffused Energy Systems

Jed’s minimum EROI Criteria for Sustainability

ESG Scoring

Rapid Fire