Sucking CO2 and Electrifying Everything: The Climate Movement's Desperate Dependence on Tenuous Technologies

Meet Mark Jacobson and David Keith, the leading techno-fixologists who overpromise overhyped “solutions” to the climate conundrum. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD. Sources/Links/Notes: The Solutions Project Carbon Engineering David W. Keith et al., " A Process for Capturing CO2 from the Atmosphere ," Joule , August 15, 2018. Christopher T. M. Clack et al., " Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar ," PNAS , June 19, 2017. Natanael Bolson, P. Prieto, and T. Patzek, " Capacity factors for electrical power generation from renewable and nonrenewable sources ," PNAS , December 20, 2022. Simon Michaux's website Richard Heinberg, " Can Civilization Survive? These Studies Might Tell Us ," Resilience , December 19, 2022. Average household electricity consumption David Fridley and Richard Heinberg, " Can Climate Change Be Stopped by Turning Air Into Gasoline?, " Renewable Energy World , June 19, 2018. Mark Jacobson on Late Night with David Letterman James R. Martin, " Energy Transition & the Luxury Economy, " Resilience , October 31, 2022. Yamina Saheb, Kai Kuhnhenn, and Juliane Schumacher, " It’s a Very Western Vision of the World ," Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung . Mark Z. Jacobson et al., " Low-cost solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity for 145 countries ," Energy & Environmental Science (2022). Nicole Jewell, " Leading Stanford climate scientist builds incredible net zero home, complete with Tesla Powerwall ," In Habitat (2017). Raymond Pierrehumbert, " The trouble with geoengineers...