Cocktails and Commodities

The missing trillion dollars from the renewable energy equation


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Dan Porter from Pure Asset Management joins Shae Russell in

part one of their two-part energy discussion. Today they cover the one trillion dollars not factored into the renewable equation, why crushing rocks need so much energy, the uncomfortable truth about coal, understanding our complex energy grid and how renewable energy fits into our existing distribution network.

Timestamps:

1:35 – From coal analyst to resource fund manager

4:32 – The ultimate contrarian indicator

5:36 – Why we rely on alternating current rather than direct current electricity

8:33 – Our centralised energy systems

11:23: - Solar energy is significantly cheaper yet the infrastructure

is expensive

12:26 – The missing trillion dollars from the energy transition equation

16:55 – Baseload power is needed overnight

21:31 – Intermittent energy needs

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Cocktails and CommoditiesBy Shae Russell