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EROI
Episode 7
All about EROI (Energy Return on Investment), the state of biophysical economics, the relationship between energy and ecology, and what EROI could and should tell us about the outlook for a fuel -- f…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
Transition from Oil
Episode 6
In this episode we talk with a longtime energy analyst about why it's risky for the oil industry to assume that future demand for petroleum will remain as strong as they forecast, given the favorable…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
Winning the Carbon War
Episode 5
One man's sweeping ride through three decades of campaigning for action on climate and deploying solar from a veteran of the "carbon wars," plus his pithy observations on what our leaders in governme…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Energiewende
Episode 4
All about Germany's famed energy transition effort, the Energiewende. What it is, what it isn't (with a strong dose of mythbusting), and what the future of grid power looks like from one of the count…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Limits on the Grid - Part 2
Episode 3
How energy markets need to change to level the playing field for renewables, how renewables should be valued, and whether wind and solar must "eat their own lunch" by virtue of having a free marginal…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Limits on the Grid - Part 1
Episode 2
What the modeling work of our national renewable energy lab tells us about how far renewables can go on the grid under various scenarios, and their real technical limits.
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
The Real War on Coal
Episode 1
How the real war on coal is about economics, geology, and little skirmishes in local courts, not a national or presidential campaign; and the tragic failing of politics to address the phasing-out of …
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago