#1641 Green Energy and Public Transport: Feeling blue and seeing red about the inevitable messiness of transitioning to a low-carbon economy
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 7/12/2024
From solar scams to controversial congestion pricing and the smart grid that's needed to connect it all, we look at the messy and difficult path to a low-carbon future.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: When solar power leaves you feeling burned - Today, Explained - Air Date 1-2-24
KP 3: This is what's REALLY holding back wind and solar - DW Planet A - Air Date 6-2-23
KP 4: How to fix clean energy’s storage problem - VOX - Air Date 4-27-23
KP 6: The Lost Subways of North America - 99% Invisible - Air Date 5-21-24
KP 8: Comptroller on Congestion Pricing's Indefinite Pause - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 6-17-24
(54:25) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On how to make the case to Biden to step aside
DEEPER DIVES
(1:01:35) SECTION A: ENERGY POLICIES
(1:20:31) SECTION B: THE INTENTIONAL SOLAR SCAM
(1:36:14) SECTION C: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
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Description: Photo of a smoggy traffic jam on a highway, taken from the middle of the lane behind the cars. Cars' brake lights are visible.
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| 0:18.6 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of the Left |
| 0:21.3 | podcast, from solar Scams to Controversial |
| 0:25.0 | Congestion Pricing and the Smart Grid that's needed to connect it all, we look at |
| 0:29.2 | the messy and difficult path to a low carbon future. |
| 0:33.4 | Sources providing our top takes in under an hour today |
| 0:36.8 | include Today Explained, The Energy Gang, |
| 0:40.3 | D.W. Planet A. |
| 0:42.3 | Vox 99% Invisible Democracy Now and the Brian Lehrer show. |
| 0:47.0 | Then in the additional deeper dive half of the show, there will be more on energy policies. |
| 0:52.0 | The intentional solar scam, and public transportation. |
| 0:57.2 | Now just a quick note, like so many others, I've been glued to the ebbs and flows of the fate of the |
| 1:01.7 | Joe Biden candidacy and even though that's not |
| 1:04.2 | what we're here to cover in depth today I did have some additional thoughts maybe |
| 1:08.3 | even just for the sake of commiseration I'll say that I have gone from actually |
| 1:12.0 | quite hopeful |
| 1:13.7 | from the day right after the debate |
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