One Billion Tons feat. Rauli Partanen

In this episode, I am joined by Rauli Partanen, an award-winning science communicator and energy analyst from Finland, to discuss a recent report he co-authored, titled “One Billion Tons.”

The report examines the wide-ranging consequences of Germany’s nuclear phaseout, and the benefits that would result from keeping the country’s last 6 reactors online. The title references the huge amount of added carbon dioxide emissions that will result from Germany’s nuclear phaseout between now and 2045.

Rauli also provides a backgrounder on the German Energiewende and it’s impacts so far, including market aberrations such as negative pricing.

Find the report here, available in both English and German: https://www.onebilliontons.org/