When Bad Science Drives Global Policy

Influential podcaster Lex Fridman has a great conversation with Bjorn Lomborg and veteran climate journalist Andrew Revkin (the New York Times' first climate reporter). They discuss both the impacts of climate change and how best to respond to it.

The next administration must recognize not only that climate change is a real problem but also that we are not on course to solve it. The next president needs the courage to discard our current feel-good but ineffective solutions. Ending our reliance on the fossil fuels that have powered two centuries of economic growth will require an energy revolution.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Bjørn Lomborg about climate change; why solar and wind energy, despite claims of being cheap, remain unreliable and costly without optimal conditions; the need to embrace natural gas and nuclear power to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining energy reliability; how lifting people out of poverty can address both environmental and societal challenges; the geopolitical consequences of energy policies; why keeping all energy solutions on the table is essential for a prosperous future; and much more.