Energy vs Climate Podcast

Essential Episodes Every New Listener Should Hear. We've put together an EvC Starter Pack featuring some of our most popular episodes for those new to the podcast: energyvsclimate.com/the-energy-vs-…

Geopolitics enters the kitchen differently depending on where you live. For the west it's food prices. For others, it's cooking fuel. Then there are other ripples: data centres, energy markets. energyvsclimate.com #IranWar #EnergyPolicy #GeopoliticsOfEnergy #EnergyCrisis

Best analogy for AI and the power grid 🍋 Used to be: one lemon stand, one tree. Be as wasteful as you want. Now: five stands, same tree. Everyone has to squeeze harder. MIT's Vijay Gadepally on what comes next 👇 energyvsclimate.com/the-hidden-pow… #AIEnergy #CleanEnergy

Some blame AI training for the energy problem. The math has flipped. Training: 20% Inference: 80% Every query. Every image. Every chatbot reply. That's the real cost — and it never stops. MIT's Vijay Gadepally 👇 #AIEnergy #MachineLearning #EnergyVsClimate

@vijaygadepally Full episode with @vijaygadepally at energyvsclimate.com/the-hidden-pow…

A single AI server node draws 30–50 kilowatts. That's you + 10-15 of your neighbours running their avg daily power use at the same time. MIT's @VijayGadepally on the real energy cost of AI 👇 #AIEnergy #ClimateChange #EnergyVsClimate

Your ChatGPT vacation planning request: 500,000 tokens. One AI node: Power for 10-15 homes. US data centers by 2030: 300 terawatt-hours (7-14% of total energy). New episode on AI's energy crisis with MIT's Vijay Gadepally: energyvsclimate.com/the-hidden-pow… #AI #Energy #ClimateChange

18.64 million EV chargers in China versus 35,000 across Canada. Christina Pan walks through exactly how China built that — and why the model looks nothing like what we have here. Full episode → energyvsclimate.com #EVs #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy

China's energy transition isn't a story about ideology or green identity. It's institutional — set direction, tolerate failure, scale ruthlessly when something works. With @EdWhittingham and @DKeithClimate. Full episode → energyvsclimate.com #CleanEnergy #ClimatePolicy

The world pledged to triple nuclear capacity by 2050. A senior Chinese nuclear official told Andrew Light it wasn't worth signing — because China's plans already exceeded it. From our latest episode. Full conversation → energyvsclimate.com #Nuclear #EnergyTransition

We're recording an episode on AI & emissions. Send us your questions: 📧 info@energyvsclimate.com 💬 Reply below #AI #ClimateChange

Jeremy Wallace argues that China's EV success is less about state control than about brutal startup competition. Margins to zero. No legacy business to cannibalize. Capitalism working the way it's supposed to. Full episode → energyvsclimate.com/new-episode-un… #EnergyTransition #EVs

New episode of Energy vs Climate — and it's a different format. David, Sara, and Ed each interviewed experts separately. Then debriefed together. Four guests. A lot of assumptions challenged. energyvsclimate.com/new-episode-un…

"If there is all this money coming out—dividends, buybacks—and it continues to be a cash cow, why should public money go into this business?" Sara Hastings-Simon from our Calgary live show: energyvsclimate.com/albertas-energ… #Alberta #ClimatePolicy

Alberta politics: "If the feds got out of our way, we'd boom!" But: - EVs = 25% of global sales (2025) - Oil demand peaking late this decade - WTI forecast ~$50/barrel - New oilsands need $70+ to make sense The feds aren't the problem. energyvsclimate.com/albertas-energ… #Alberta #PeakOil

"If the world were transitioning away from wine, would you expect the French to be leading that transition?" Alberta: We'll lead the energy transition! Also Alberta: *doubles down on oil and gas* From our Calgary live show: energyvsclimate.com/albertas-energ… #Alberta #EnergyTransition

NEW: We recorded live in Calgary tackling Alberta's energy transition—emissions, economic diversification, and the hard trade-offs. Plus great Q&A from the audience. Listen: energyvsclimate.com/albertas-energ… #Alberta #ClimatePolicy

Flying at night is worse for the climate than flying during the day. Same route. Same plane. Different impact. Daytime contrails reflect sunlight (some cooling). Nighttime contrails only trap heat (pure warming). Book morning flights. energyvsclimate.com/aviation-vs-cl… #Aviation

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We could cut aviation's climate impact 50% overnight. No new tech. Just avoid flying through zones where contrails form. Trade: 5% more fuel Benefit: 90% fewer contrails Why aren't we doing this? Sebastian Eastham explains. #Aviation #ClimateChange