516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?
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Liberals endorse harm reduction when it comes to the opioid epidemic. Are they ready to take the same approach to climate change?
Explore "electricity production" with insightful episodes like "516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?" and "How much clean electricity do we really need? | Solomon Goldstein-Rose" from podcasts like ""Freakonomics Radio" and "TED Climate"" and more!
Liberals endorse harm reduction when it comes to the opioid epidemic. Are they ready to take the same approach to climate change?
To fight climate change, we need to clean up the global electricity system by replacing fossil fuel power plants with clean generation -- right? Climate author Solomon Goldstein-Rose thinks we need to do much more than that. Replacement isn't enough, he explains in this compelling talk: we need to rapidly develop a new global system capable of producing 12 times the amount of clean electricity we generate today. He shares four reasons why we need that expansion -- first, to electrify everything in all parts of the world (not just the wealthy ones) -- as well as some intriguing ideas for how we can get there.
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