Episode 13: Economy & Fossil Fuels
Let's Talk Global Warming
English - July 01, 2020 01:00 - 12 minutes - 8.49 MBNature Science News global warming climate change warming world earth climate nature enviorment Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Are fossil fuels actually beneficial for our economies? Is renewable energy really more expensive? Are there more jobs in the fossil fuel sector? In this episode, I argue against three myths about the economics behind fossil fuels.
Sources:
New Scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219927-us-green-economy-has-10-times-more-jobs-than-the-fossil-fuel-industry/
Forbes:
Environment and Energy Study Institute (EESI): https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs#:~:text=For%20fiscal%20year%202019%2C%20Congress,use%20of%20coal%2Dfired%20power.
Music:
“News Theme” by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY. Edited to be shorter but content was not changed.
Link to Song Profile: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4122-news-theme/
Link to Author’s Profile: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/artists/profile/9-kevin-macleod/
Link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcod