Facts vs Alarmism: What's Climate Science Really Telling Us? | Steven Koonin

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Theoretical physicist Steven Koonin covers what the latest climate science actually tells us versus what alarmists want us to believe about everything from melting ice caps to extreme weather events. We end the conversation with an overview of Steven's other domain of expertise: multiverses!

Steven Koonin is the author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters. From 2009 to 2011, he was Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	Because the number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.3	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.9	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.9	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.2	Welcome back to hold these truths.
0:26.5	And today we're going to talk about a topic that,
0:28.4	well frankly, as you know, I talk about a lot, which is climate change.
0:32.8	What to do about it?
0:34.1	Our energy mix, all of it.
0:36.1	And fundamental to the debates about the solutions is an accurate assessment of what the problem is.
0:44.2	And for a while, that debate was simply between alarmists and deniers.
0:51.3	And I think in the last 10 years, there's been a much more sensible conversation that has emerged,
0:55.5	which is this is sort of a lukewarming conversation.
0:57.9	There's clearly no alarmism that is necessary.
1:02.0	It doesn't mean there's nothing happening.
1:04.0	And maybe we can come to a logical conclusion based on the evidence about what to then do about it.
1:11.4	And we have with us today a very qualified person to talk on that topic exactly.
1:18.8	Former Undersecretary for Science at the Department of Energy, under President Obama actually.
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