The Clean Energy Show

Pope Francis lambasts fossil fuel companies for greenwashing and destroying the climate. A power utility in Vermont is planning to install batteries in the homes of their customers. Ireland turns down a new Liquified natural gas port on the basis it would be bad for the climate. Wind turbines work in the far north! Plus, the U.S. EV tax credit is now instant. Are robotaxies making progress? EVs are cleaner than combustion vehicles even in a 100% coal-powered grid.

• Co-hosted by Pope Francis
• Brian buys a harddrive
• Windex sets off James's air purifier
• James impressed by Electrek's Waymo driverless taxi test drive in LA.
• Ireland LNG port
• U.S. EV tax credit changing for the better
• Mail about James's health
• The Lightning Round!

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We tap into Robert Llewelyn's panel and the IEA to bust myths spreading in newspapers and social media about EVs and the green transitionl. They're not just wrong, they're way wrong! A wind farm in Kansas has not airplane lights. How? It uses radar to detect planes before turning them one, thus not annoying nearby residents.

Swedish battery maker Northvolt is opening a massive battery cell factory in Quebec, Canada. The plant is being helped by a multi-billion dollar government subsidy. A Better Route Planner is, indeed, a better route planner.

The world's northernmost solar farm.

Brian gets an energy giving fireplace insert James's air purifier attacks VOCs James has a major medical announcment and it's a good one! AARP is fantaastic in a recent highway test with the dongle and you can rely on it like Tesla navigation. The Riverbend Co-op in Davidson has EV chargers and fine hot dogs Hotel charger experience Chevy route planning app is not good at all right now, even though it uses live weather Kansas wind farm light mitigating tech will blow your mind! Busting myths: EVs are dirtier for the environment Batteries are bad for the environment Cobalt and child labor Tire and brake pollution Grid collapse BEVs are heavy Northvolt massive battery factory in Canada Hydrogen station shutdowns in California IEA busts myths about the green transition to renewables...it's actually cheaper to go green! World's northernmost solar farm! The Lightning Round! A look at the headlines from the past week.

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We tap into Robert Llewelyn's panel and the IEA to bust myths spreading in newspapers and social media about EVs and the green transitionl. They're not just wrong, they're way wrong! A wind farm in Kansas has not airplane lights. How? It uses radar to detect planes before turning them one, thus not annoying nearby residents.

Swedish battery maker Northvolt is opening a massive battery cell factory in Quebec, Canada. The plant is being helped by a multi-billion dollar government subsidy. A Better Route Planner is, indeed, a better route planner.

The world's northernmost solar farm.

• Brian gets an energy giving fireplace insert
• James's air purifier attacks VOCs
• James has a major medical announcment and it's a good one!
• AARP is fantaastic in a recent highway test with the dongle and you can rely on it like Tesla navigation.
• The Riverbend Co-op in Davidson has EV chargers and fine hot dogs
• Hotel charger experience
• Chevy route planning app is not good at all right now, even though it uses live weather
• Kansas wind farm light mitigating tech will blow your mind!
• Busting myths:
  EVs are dirtier for the environment
  Batteries are bad for the environment
  Cobalt and child labor
  Tire and brake pollution
  Grid collapse
  BEVs are heavy
• Northvolt massive battery factory in Canada
• Hydrogen station shutdowns in California
• IEA busts myths about the green transition to renewables...it's actually cheaper to go green!
• World's northernmost solar farm!
• The Lightning Round! A look at the headlines from the past week.

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We tap into Robert Llewelyn's panel and the IEA to bust myths spreading in newspapers and social media about EVs and the green transitionl. They're not just wrong, they're way wrong! A wind farm in Kansas has not airplane lights. How? It uses radar to detect planes before turning them one, thus not annoying nearby residents.

Swedish battery maker Northvolt is opening a massive battery cell factory in Quebec, Canada. The plant is being helped by a multi-billion dollar government subsidy. A Better Route Planner is, indeed, a better route planner.

The world's northernmost solar farm.

• Brian gets an energy giving fireplace insert
• James's air purifier attacks VOCs
• James has a major medical announcment and it's a good one!
• AARP is fantaastic in a recent highway test with the dongle and you can rely on it like Tesla navigation.
• The Riverbend Co-op in Davidson has EV chargers and fine hot dogs
• Hotel charger experience
• Chevy route planning app is not good at all right now, even though it uses live weather
• Kansas wind farm light mitigating tech will blow your mind!
• Busting myths:
  EVs are dirtier for the environment
  Batteries are bad for the environment
  Cobalt and child labor
  Tire and brake pollution
  Grid collapse
  BEVs are heavy
• Northvolt massive battery factory in Canada
• Hydrogen station shutdowns in California
• IEA busts myths about the green transition to renewables...it's actually cheaper to go green!
• World's northernmost solar farm!
• The Lightning Round! A look at the headlines from the past week.

The Clean Energy Show is released every week so be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get new episodes delivered to you free!

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Electric two and three-wheelers are eating into oil demand more than EVs right now. The U.K. is rolling back zero emission goals, saying it will cost you money. Bringing Tesla-like route navigation to an non-Telsa EV. Heat pump fever gets even hotter in the United States!

• James re-enacts a funny dream he has about his finacially-better off co-host.
• Brian talks about a new series on Nissan's Carlos Ghosn.
• James gets battery powered socks for his birthday and a 12 volt electric blanket for his EV.
• Tesla is raising charging prices.
• Rishi Sunak disappoints with the U.K. backing off on climate goals.
• A new report says energy costs will go from 4% of GDP to just 2.5% by 2050 in North America.
• A US heat pump conortium between many US states.
• How Taiwan become the E-scooter leader
• LINK to the YouTube Brian discusses: Taiwan e-scooters
• The Lightning Round with the rest of this week's clean tech and transportion news!

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We imagine an interview with Elon Musk using AI voice cloning for the sake of some laughs. Greta second protesting arrest means she could go to jail for six months. Brian revisits solar in space. Saudis and Albertans don't believe peak oil is closing in on them.

• Brian's heat pump wather heater update
• What is a Bennet Buggy?
• Fake interview with Elon Musk and Scott Moe, a Canadian premier
• James finds a hotel with three chargers
• Hydrogen cars in Denmark lose all of their hydrogen filling stations
• California law suit against Big Oil looks for compensation
• Solar in space part II. Wjhy that's a bad idea.
• Frequent wildfire smoke this summer causing mental health issues in Canada
• UAW strike
• Voicemail from Emma Stone (not really)
• EV batteries proven to last longer in cold climates
• The Lightning Round!

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The IEA says we are at  the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. They now say peak demand will occur before 2030! Canada’s natural resources minister has declared that Canada’s unprecedented forest fire season may continue into the winter. A strike is looming in America’s auto industry as we reach a critical transition point in the switch to electric vehicles. Plus LED bulbs in the United States, eBike news, and all the billion dollar clean energy factories announced in the last week.

• Brian makes it home from Colordado in his Tesla Model S. He compares V2 and V3 Superchargers.
• Solar is still advancing! Perovskites have a bright future this decade. Theoretical solar efficiencies mean nothing! (Clip from Energi Media with guest Andriees Wantenaar, solar analyst for Rethink Technologies)
• E-bike from Rad Power and Van Moof
• LED light bulbs in the United States
• Canada's forest fire season may continue into the fall and winter. 
• IEA moves up peak oil demand
• 15 billion from Biden to legacy auto for EV factory upgrades
• UAW update on strikes
• This week's battery factory announcements
• The Lightning Round - A summer of the clean energy headlines from the past week

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London succeded in expanding their low emissions zone to practically the whole city. Kia is gathering plastic from the ocean and putting into cars. Rain swamps Burning Man 2023. California signs the non-proliferation of fossil fuels treaty. Electric car adoption reaches a tippoing point in 23 new countries. From the Telluride Film Festival, in Telluride, Colorado.

• Brian's 18 hour electric road trip through a bunch of nothing, USA
• Telluride Film Festival 2023 impressions including Julia Louis Dreyfuss
• James has a message for Emma Stone
• A tough summer in Western Canada due to smoke equals less solar production
• James's sleep clinic stay
• Kia ocean plastic gathering and recycling
• Electric car tipping points expand around the world to 23 new countries
• California treaty
• London ULEZ, ultra-low emission zone expansion
• Tesla battery longevity not affected by super-charging
• The Lightning Round - latest headlines in clean energy and transportation

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The Democratic-backed bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act would represent the largest climate investment in US history. Interview with Tom Rowlands-Rees, Head of Research, North America for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and Corey Cantor, E.V. Associate with BNEF. The July Surprise, E.V. incentives, Japanese automakers and the challenges of brining solar manufacturing to The United States. How this legislation is meaningful for the world.

ReThinkX pours cold water on nuclear ambitions for climate. The Alberta government is attacking wind and solar investment permanently. Not all LED light bulbs live up to incandescent but some do and then some! Why the Tesla charging network will be the only chargers non-Tesla drivers use once they can.

• Brian finally sees Oppenheimer
• Back in two weeks from Telluride, Colorado
• Top reasons why no one will use non-Tesla chargers once they open up the network in 2025
• How my Chevy Bolt vacation would have been better with the Tesla network
• A 12-year-old radio show talks about the Nissan LEAF noise
• Brian on lightbulbs and why color is important
• Alberta Wind and Solar Moratorium
• EV investment in the U.S. is on fire
• The case against nuclear as a climate solution
• Canadian wildfires/California hurricane
• Candian poll says belief in climate change is strong
• Mail bag - High-powered British tea kettles in North America
• The Lightning Round - all the latest news headlines

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