Inevitable Ep 98: Ken Caldeira, Atmospheric Scientist at the Carnegie Institution
Apr 13, 2020
01:02:21
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Ken’s journey from making money on Wall Street to making meaning as a scientist
- The perceived “information deficit” problem in public policy
- How Ken distinguishes his role as a concerned citizen from his work as a scientist
- How getting past social identities is a major challenge to effecting change
- Bill Gates’ support and patronage of Ken’s work
- The various climate change research, pursued by Ken’s post-doc graduate students
- The prospect and viability of a 100% renewable energy model
- Bill Gates’ notion of a “green premium”
- Carbon pricing solutions
- The problem of split-incentives
- The viability of geoengineering as a solution
- The need to reframe the problem and solutions to make it palatable for social acceptance
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- Caldeira Lab at the Carnegie Institution: https://carnegieenergyinnovation.org/
- Steve Schneider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Schneider
- The Charney Report (1979): https://www.bnl.gov/envsci/schwartz/charney_report1979.pdf
- Manoela Romano De Orte: https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/people/mromano
- David Koweek: https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/people/dkoweek
- Yixuan Zheng: https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/people/yxzheng
- Enrico Antonini: https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/people/eantonini
- Candise Henry: https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/people/chenry
- Rebecca Peer: https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/people/rpeer
- Variable renewable energy source (“Intermittency”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_renewable_energy
- Prof. Mark Jacobson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Z._Jacobson
- Advanced Research Projects Agency: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/
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