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🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Al Gore is back in the climate spotlight with the release of "An Inconvenient Sequel." This week, we’ll revisit his role as the unofficial spokesman for climate action. There’s still an active debate over how effective Gore has been in that role throughout the last decade. Then, Energy Secretary Rick Perry didn’t give away any nuclear secrets in his 22-minute call with Russian phone pranksters. But that may be the least of our worries. We’ll talk about a blockbuster new piece from Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair about the disordered transition in the Department of Energy. Finally, Britain makes some bold battery moves. We’ll glance at two new plans to boost distributed battery storage and ban gas-powered cars. This podcast is sponsored by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. Visit Mission Solar at the upcoming Solar Power International conference at Booth 3975. You can find out more about Mission’s American-made, high-power modules at missionsolar.com. Atlantic piece on Al Gore: https://newrepublic.com/article/143966/troubling-return-al-gore-profile-inconvenient-sequel Michael Lewis' piece on the DOE: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Energy,
0:01.0	Energy, is brought to you by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer, based in San Antonio, Texas.
0:07.5	Mission Solar operates a 260 megawatt facility right here in the U.S. Through state-of-the-art engineering and outstanding quality Mission Solar's modules,
0:17.0	every one of which is made in their Texas facility
0:20.0	offer world-class performance and guaranteed long-term reliability.
0:24.4	Visit Mission Solar at the upcoming Solar Power International Conference at Booth 3975.
0:30.2	Let's Booth 3975 stop by. Check their modules say hello to the friendly staff and if you
0:36.1	can't make it there go to their website missions high-power modules can be found at
0:41.4	mission solar dot com can be found at Mission Solar.com.
0:44.0	From Green Tech Media, this is the Energy Gang,
0:50.0	a weekly digest on energy, clean tech, and the environment.
0:53.2	I'm Stephen Lacy. Welcome.
0:54.8	This week, Al Gore is back in the spotlight with an inconvenient sequel.
1:05.0	We'll revisit Gore's role as the unofficial spokesman for climate action.
1:09.4	Then Energy Secretary Rick Perry didn't give away any nuclear secrets in his 22 minute call with Russian
1:14.2	phone pranksters last week, but that's probably the least of our worries.
1:18.5	We'll talk about a blockbuster new piece from Michael Lewis and Vanity Fair about the crazy transition or perhaps the lack thereof in the Department of Energy.
1:27.0	Finally, Britain makes some bold battery moves.
1:29.0	We'll glance at a new plan to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on battery storage and also ban gas-powered
1:34.8	cars.
1:35.8	So in that prank phone call I just referenced, Perry was pitched on a fuel made of Ukrainian
1:41.4	homebrew and pig manure.
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