Episode 190 (6 May 2022): Ruard Hientzsch is a student at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam. He is working on his graduation thesis on the new laws and regulations regarding sustainable financing, with a focus on the Sustainable Finance Action Plan, Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, and EU “green energy” reporting regulations.

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https://www.ft.com/content/ae78c05a-0481-4774-8f9b-d3f02e4f2c6f

https://www.ft.com/content/0acb5e0f-8322-413f-911d-fda09951ea99

David's blog post on how natural gas can be dirtier than coal:

https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2014/06/is-natural-gas-the-next-ethanol/

Correction: 20, not 50 million Indians died in the opening chapter of The Ministry for the Future (a clifi book). My review: https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=2876

Addition: Scientists have recently estimated that humans can only tolerate wetbulb temps of 31C, not 35C. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/humans-cant-endure-temperatures-and-humidities-high-previously-thought/