
The Clean Energy Show
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Two friends have a weekly conversation about how green technology is quickly changing the world. We talk about electric vehicles, Tesla, solar, wind, batteries and even food. Hosted by filmmaker and educator Brian Stockton and comic James Whittingham from the prairies of Canada.
The Clean Energy Show
6d ago
Brian's rave review of All that Breathes. Host James buys a brand new EV. What the perfect EV charging gas station of the future will look like thanks to Norway. Biden approves Alaska drilling. A wind farm continues to be built in Ukraine 60 miles from the front lines. It's giving much needed power to residents.
Saudi Aramco cashes in big.
Ohio politicians conspire to defraud the public and may be going up the river for a long time.
A new kind of transparent solar panel may not only work with greenhouses but make the plants even bigger.
A study that proves going electric in your neighborhood s ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
1w ago
Tesla's CEO has lost his mind but the company has outlined its commitment and its plan in achieving a livable world. Offshore wind turbines aren't killing birds or whales. We help a listener in his cross country U.S. road trip. New nuclear reactors finally come online in Georgia while most new power in the U.S. is wind, solar and batteries.
What the Tesla Supercharger experience is for non-Tesla EV owners.
UK emissions fall 3.4% in 2022 as coal use drops to lowest level since 1757.
War and Biden have sped up the green transition by TEN YEARS.
Cold weather heat pump innovations.
EU not qu ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
3w ago
The Oscar-nominated documentary All that Breathes moves James to research the causes of Delhi's air pollution. He found out that a baby born today will smoke the equivellent of a dozen cigarettes just by breathing.
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We examine the ebikes available at Costco and are reasonably impressed.
Canada's government pension plan invests in Tesla.
Volkswagen is using escape rooms to train employees about electric vehicles.
Floating offshore windpower costs more. Much more.
The room clean energy like solar, wind and transmission will take up isn't much by ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
3w ago
The debate over gas stoves ends now. Induction is the clear winner in the boil water race. An clean energy masters student listener has an existential crisis over cobalt mining in the DR Congo. Biden makes it against the law to have downtime on EV fast chargers. Europe is closer to their combustion vehicle ban. Safety of ebike batteries questioned, and EV owner survey.
Brian's electrify everything (in his house) update.
We celebrate three years on the podcast.
This episode makes use of Adobe Podcasts and its AI tech is amazing.
Europe gas bad story from Brian.
How LFP batteries are replacing c ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
1M ago
Fewer EV ads at the Super Bowl this year but will the ones that did air convince people? Skating rink Zambonis were making kids sick so they've gone electric. EVs top $1 trillion dollars and some automakers are panicing at what they've lost by not going electric.
James asks if he should get a portable induction cooktop.
The Chevy Bolt may be getting discontinued in Novemember, 2023.
Can you save big by importing a used EV from another part of the country that has better incentives? Yes.
New Flo chargers promise 97% uptime. Good luck!
Electric Vehicles and car washes. Not a problem, just ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
1M ago
James finally preorders a new electric vehicle: the Chevy Bolt EUV and actually finds a salesperson who owns an EV!
James proposes adding 'level 4' charging to the lexicon. Level 3 should be for shopping malls and grocery stores at 50-149kW.
Hydrogen airplane certified has no batteries.
Nazis plot against the Baltimore power grid. Why? Racism.
BMW tilt error.
Wood stoves and air pollution for rich people.
Consumer Reports dislikes the new Toyota Prius.
Wind and solar farms with battery backup are both cheaper to build than natural gas power plants in Ontario and Alberta.
Where is the Tesla Sta ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
1M ago
To meet our Paris targets and keep warming to 1.5 degrees, we need to decarbonize the grid by 2035. Nuclear can't possibly achieve that in twelve years. So why are we extolling nuclear? BP says oil demand may have peaked. Toyota is officially dead. Chinese homes that burn coal inside the house.
Greenwashing: Brian's local airport is capturing carbon in its heating systems. But why?
Driver training a teen in winter is like Tesla's Full Self Driving Beta software.
Latest hit piece on electric vehicles: They'll keep you safe but kill other people. It's a lie.
The 2023 Prius is going waaaay ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
1M ago
A new book says stick with wind, water, solar and storage and we meet 95% of our climate targets by 2035 without new inventions. Plant-based eggs briefly become cheaper than real eggs. We will not have to strip the Earth of its minerals to address climate change: a debunking. Republican states are benefiting the most with Biden's climate bills.
Brian orders a Tesla wall connector before it shoots up in price.
A Canadian film is up for Best Picture at the Oscars
GM invests a billion dollars in V8 engines and are wasting money
No Miracles Needed, a book by Mark Jacobson, demonstrates how we hav ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
2M ago
Wind farm capicity factor bigger than French Nuclear's in 2022. The large Siberian city where they leave their gas cars running 24/7 all winter. Gas stations will start to disappear in a few years.
A UK company is converting an electric Ford Mustang into a hearse. That’s good news, because if I’m going straight to hell, I want to go electric.
Mazda has announced a plug-in hybrid with a rotary gasoline engine.
VW and Audi cars are shipping without heat pumps
Toyota's BZ4X EV all wheel drive model may not work below -25C, period!
Mustange Mach-E EV hearse and limosine
Canadian's do drive ..read more
The Clean Energy Show
2M ago
Indoor air pollution from gas stoves and fire stoves is bad. There are few EVs that work well for people who can't plug in every night in cold climates.
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Brian runs into trouble mitigating radon in his home.
Brian's book report from a previous show inspired long-time listener Barrack Obama to choose the same Canadian graphic novel ('Ducks') for his year-end book list!
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