Balanced Energy Transition and Energy Security

In this episode we review the definition and significance of Biodiversity in maintaining the earth's ecological balance. We list out the key objectives of COP 15 Montreal conference - December 2022, and outline the main outcomes, list out some of the players, and objectors, and provide hopes for next steps in implementation.

In this episode, we review the recently concluded COP 27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh Egypt. We desribe the agreement to create a Loss and Damage Fund, and we also talk about Indonesia's use of a climate fund to retire coal burning power plants. 

In this episode, we review the acronyms COP and UNFCC, we take stock of the history of COP meetings, the landmark agreements coming out of COPs, and give a preview of what to expect during COP 27. We also discuss the  importance of watching European economies following the war and the energy crisis in Europe.

In this episode, we define the three types of Hydrogen - Grey, Blue and Green. We visit the actual site where the Hindenburg's Hydrogen storage chambers burst into flames, causing the massive airship to crash. We play the recording of an anguished reporter relaying the Hindenburg landing accident. We discuss safety of Hydrogen as a fuel source. 

In this episode, I have a summer chat with a corporate strategist about his interations with boards. He gives his take on how corporate boards think about climate change solutions. 

In this episode, we  list  three outcomes from COP 26 - Phasing Down Coal, Capturing Methane Gas, and Developing Green Hydrogen as a fuel source. We explain the three types of hydrogen - grey, blue and green, the benefits and challenges of using it as a clean fuel source. We discuss the use of Hydrogen in the Hindenburg Air Ship that went down in flames in Lakehurst, New Jersey. We contemplate the safety elements of  hydrogen as a fuel source.

In this episode, we visit with a gentleman who has been recycling and refurbishing discarded items for over 60 years. His roadside shop contains a collection of items ranging from farm equipment to apple cider makers to bird houses to benches - all saved from becoming solid waste. I sift through his collectibles and find a 10 pound, rusted 3 foot wrench, originally used to repair farm machinery. It is now an artifact in my front yard, sitting next to a vintage bicycle, used for harboring flower pots. 

In this episode I give some stats about the countries that genrate the most and the least amounts of solid waste. I give the names of only 3 countries in the world that are carbon negative. I take a trip out to rural New Jersey to discover a shop that has been restoring household items for decades.

In this episode we talk about the Net Zero Banking Alliance, what it hopes to achieve, how it proposes to do that, what are carbon sinks, what is the 1.5 degree trajectory, and other comments related to Carbon reduction

In this episode I "clear the air" on COP 26. What is COP, why is it important, what items were discussed there, what were some of the well known COPs in the past, what were the key outcomes and disappointments , what role did India and China play in COP 26, where do we go from here?