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#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin Lex Fridman Podcast
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- Technologie
Bjørn Lomborg is author of "False Alarm". Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin
Andrew's Substack: https://revkin.substack.com
Andrew's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin
Bjørn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg
Bjørn's Website: https://lomborg.com
Andrew's Books:
The Human Planet: https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY
The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq
Bjørn's Books:
False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips
SUPPORT & CONNECT:
- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast
- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman
- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman
OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(06:59) - Politics of climate change
(24:01) - Greta Thunberg
(30:31) - Electric cars
(37:53) - Economy
(45:30) - Journalism
(59:32) - Human emissions
(1:17:19) - Worst-case climate change scenario
(1:37:40) - Hurricanes
(1:56:29) - Climate change vs Global warming
(2:00:35) - Climate alarmism
(2:15:25) - Economic models
(2:46:52) - Climate change policies
(3:02:54) - Nuclear energy
(3:09:30) - Alex Epstein
(3:20:00) - Public opinion on climate change
(3:41:57) - US presidents
(3:52:35) - Advice for young people
(4:06:10) - Meaning of life
Bjørn Lomborg is author of "False Alarm". Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
- Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings
- Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit
- InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off
- Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off
EPISODE LINKS:
Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin
Andrew's Substack: https://revkin.substack.com
Andrew's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin
Bjørn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg
Bjørn's Website: https://lomborg.com
Andrew's Books:
The Human Planet: https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY
The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq
Bjørn's Books:
False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips
SUPPORT & CONNECT:
- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast
- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman
- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman
OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(06:59) - Politics of climate change
(24:01) - Greta Thunberg
(30:31) - Electric cars
(37:53) - Economy
(45:30) - Journalism
(59:32) - Human emissions
(1:17:19) - Worst-case climate change scenario
(1:37:40) - Hurricanes
(1:56:29) - Climate change vs Global warming
(2:00:35) - Climate alarmism
(2:15:25) - Economic models
(2:46:52) - Climate change policies
(3:02:54) - Nuclear energy
(3:09:30) - Alex Epstein
(3:20:00) - Public opinion on climate change
(3:41:57) - US presidents
(3:52:35) - Advice for young people
(4:06:10) - Meaning of life
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