Episode Details

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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