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James takes his small, slow-charging Bolt EV on a massive trip through Western Canada and we see what the current state of charging is like and where it will go shortly. Youth prevail in a Montana court and it's a huge win for climate litigation. Investments in solar power and grid storage have exploded in the US following the Inflation Reduction Act. Free link to the Margarat Thatcher story from 1989 that Brian mentioned.

• James almost renegged on going electric just before he left for vacation
• Free charging on the highway
• Fixing chargers with a phone call is easy
• James tries bike share in BC
• The Transmountain Pipeline is drilling through mountains.
• The need for plug and charge in the non-Tesla world
• EVgo might fill that need
• Solar and storage exploding growth in the United States
• Montana Youth Climate Case
• Albertans gonna Albert
• Margarat Thatcher on climate
• James recaps his charging experience in detail
• Loneliest charger in the world - pic: https://twitter.com/jewhittingham/status/1687920953815359488?s=20
• We discuss the fire in Hawaii.
• The Lightning Round - latest news in clean energy.

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Co-host Brian dares to bring his astonishingly-beautiful 'ultimate red' Tesla Model S into James's neighborhood. We record his reaction and his screams as it excellerates at light speed. Iran has declared a two-day public holiday over an unprecedented heat wave risk. The United States government has announced 4-8 Gigawatts of new offshore wind areas in the Atlantic Ocean.

• James sees and rides in Brian's new, very expensive Telsa Model S in Ultimate Red.
• Brian has to remove his solar panels for a roof repair/reshingle.
• James's 19-year-old son thinks Brian is wrong to be bullish on the Cyber Truck: A youth perspective.
• Climate change is affecting James's hotel booking. No one at Whistler has air conditioning.
• More pondering of James's potential big EV road trip in a Chevy Bolt EV.
• 7-Eleven chargers are getting installed in B.C., Canada.
• Iran holiday due to heat wave.
• Charging Consortium between seven automakers. What Electrek thinks.
• U.S. Offshore wind announcment.
• Chicago clean energy project.
• Tesla Mega Charger connector revealed.
• Two-thirds of oil and gas in the U.S. is wasted due to heat loss.
• The Lightning Round!

NOTE: We're off next week for vacay. Back in two!

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Doctors say the current heatwave affecting Phoenix, AZ is causing third degree burns from contact with hot surfaces. New geothermal drilling potential from a laser drill invented for fusion. Chevy is keeping the Bolt EV, a pilot project to cover canals with solar panels is going ahead in California. Canada phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. How low do people let their EV batteries go on the highway? Redneck conspiracies. 

• Tesla Model S delivery horror story for Brian

• Listeners converge on Brian's private estate

• Facebook group tells us how low they will let their batteries go on EV road trips

• Remembering Kramer on Seinfeld getting a thrill driving when he's nearly out of gas

• James and his family are offered a tour of a BC hydro facility

• Bolt is back!

• Third degree burns and death from hot surfaces in Phoenix heat

• Solar covering canals in L.A.

• New laser drilling method derived from nuclear fusion research

• Stealing Brian's idea for naming heat waves after oil companies.

• Canada stops fossil fuel subsidies two years early

• Mail: A redneck encounter stirs conspiracy.

• The Lightning Round: Latest headlines in cleantech and transportation!

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Planet Earth is on fire. Millions are suffering under unprecidented heat waves. James and his family argue over what vehicle to take on vacation: an EV or SUV. Scientists are naming heat waves. Europe's tough but helpful new laws on EV chargers. A natural gas leak study. Paris is punishing big cars. Landlords in Canada are forbidding air conditioners for the vulnerable and hundreds die in last heat wave. 

• Induction cooktop update
• Natural Gas study
• Brian's Model 3 goes down to a rock
• Brian teases and new EV for the fam
• James explains the way he will fight a gopher overtaking his strawberry patch
• James's travel conundrum. To EV or not from Regina to Vancouver with an impatient family of four in a Chevy Bolt or gas guzzling SUV.
• Paris charing more for big cars to park.
• Ford EV demand questioned
• Cyber Truck off the line
• Carlos Ghosn interview clips on Nissan LEAF and future of EVs. Why China will win.
• Heatwave names
• More on world heatwaves this week
• BC Air Conditioner backlash
• EU charging laws
• Mail is delayed until next week due to time
• Solar/Salt/Fish farm
• The Lightning Round will scare the hell out of you this week.

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The shipping industry has agreed on getting to net zero by 2050ish. Scientists in China are experimenting with covering glaciers in white plastic sheets. Microsoft wants many small nuclear reactors for its servers. The successful demonstration of space-based solar power beamed to Earth and James thinks that's the stupidest thing he's ever heard since the sun already beams to Earth.

Thermocell mosquito device review.

Travel woes continue for non-Tesla EV vacationers.

More on Brian's cooktop and getting rid of natural gas.

Charging more for parking vehicles based on their weight.

How are EV sales really doing?

The Amazon deforestation is slowing!

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James takes his first road trip in his Chevy Bolt and shares his lessons with listeners. Researchers pull electricity out of...humid air. Canadian wildfire smoke reaches Spain. Sorry! More companies are adopting the Tesla charging standard. A government is fighting climate change by buying air conditioners for at-risk people. Why Dubai has the world's worst air quality on most days.

• Brian's heat pump update from his home

• Brian induction cooktop runs into a problem

• Some electric stoves even emit benzene but especially gas stoves

• Smoke reaches Europe from Canada's fires

• James's family takes a road trip in their new EV and faces a nasty head wind.

• How James sheds range anxiety on the highway

• NACS charging adapter standard updates: Polestar and VW seem to be on board

• British Columbian buying air conditioners for people at risk because of climate change!

• Getting electricity out of thin air

• Dubai air quality - why is it so bad?

• Recycling old wind turbine blades into structures for solar panels

• John Deere partners with EGO to sell electric tractors

• Why Gogoro scooters are more efficient that their four-wheeled friends

• The Lightning Round -- all the latest clean energy headlines in bite-sized portions

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It was a bad week for fossil fuels not blowing up. District heating in Finland using small modular nukes. Chevy's electric pickup has debuted to applause. One company tries to lower carbon emissions from concrete. Recap of the benefits of an electric lawn tractor. James bought an electric Thermacell mosquito repeller. 

NACS update on the Tesla charging standard.

New York City putting millions into electric bike charging stations.

Silverado EV and its huuuuuge battery.

Low carbon cement.

Canadian poll on wildfire-climate change connections.

Massive hydro and solar project in China is incomprehensibly big.

Solar saves Texas during the 2023 Texas heat dome.

New segment - This Week in Combustion. The follies of using and transporting fossil fuels. 

The Lightning Round - A fast-paced look at the latest headlines in clean tech and transportation.

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A historic youth climate case, more than ten years in the making, has landed in a Montana courtroom. A few years ago, a group of 16 young people from the state of Montana sued the state for its role in supporting the fossil fuel industry and contributing to climate change. Also: Electric cruise ship, Boeing sees the need for lots more jets, EV maker Rivian acquires the go-to app for EV trips, solar price declines have a long way to go thanks to new tech, what an electric riding mower is like from an experienced user and James gets a new hat! 

Happy Solstice/Aboriginal Peoples' Day

• Brian is stuck in Toronto for two nights thanks again to Air Canada

• Energy use observations from Brian's U.K. vacation

• Tenacious D concert in U.K.

• Chevy Bolt news disappoints current owners

• Fossil fuels collapse a freeway in busy Philadelphia

• GM and Rivan join Ford in adopting the Tesla NACS connector and will have access to the Tesla charging network. Why his is unbelievably big news for electrification.

• Montana lawsuit

• Electric riding mower impressions - it's almost all good news!

• Solar progress/price declines in the decade ahead in our Tweet of the Week from Auke Hoekstra, director of Neon Research.

• Electric cruise ship

• Ebusco electric buses

• Mark Z. Jacobson's tweet about Montana drivers saving billions of dollars converting to electric pickup trucks.

• Mail: Toyota solar powered plant in Kentucky

• We end as always with The Lightning Round, a fast-paced look at the week's headlines in clean energy and transportation.

(Montage clips from Michael E. Mann and Sandy Munroe via YouTube.)

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We're off this week so we present an episode from December, 2022. 

Why 2022 was a good year for clean energy (thanks Putin!), our EV of the year, solar on an abandoned nuclear power plant site, Brian gets stranded by the weather, James's Prius has troubles, and more evidence that the Tesla Supercharger network is the one to beat.

The sound of driving next to the Tesla Semi will amaze you. EU emissions are down despite cold weather and a partial return to coal. 

Why American's should buy an EV in the first two months of 2023.

The U.S. Postal Service is finally big on electric vehicles and will go full electric soon.

The city of Tokyo mandates solar on the roofs of new homes and buildings.

Lyft is giving insentives to electric vehicle drivers basically covering the lease price of their vehicle, then they can save huge on gas and earn significanly more than than their coworkers driving gas vehicles.

Hydrogen and chip shortages are also covered.

And we wrap of the year that was 2022!

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Brian podcasts from Portmeirion, Wales, the location of the TV show, The Prisioner. The lifecycle cost of a Tesla Model 3 nearly matches the cheapest car you can buy in America, The Mirage. Wildfires in Canada have so far burned 10 times more land than usual at this time of year and you're probably breathing it. Rowan Atkinson says EVs are no good. Sometimes comedians don't know what they're talking about. CharIn, the association behind the CCS charging standard is angry with Ford for adopting the Tesla charge port instead of CCS. 

And...

• Are EVs unprofitable for everyone but Tesla?

• Your letters: When will agriculture electrify?

0:00  We start with the travel woes Brian had getting to Wales. But he loves the trains in Europe!

19:55 News story discussion starts.

50:01 The Lightning Round!

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