The Energy Crisis: Shockwaves from The Russia-Ukraine War

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined Alex Trembath, CEO of Breakthrough Institute, and Robert Bryce, author and podcast host of Power Hungry to cover the energy crisis from the Russia-Ukraine War.

Robert Bryce is a Texas-based author, journalist, podcaster, film producer, and public speaker.  Over the past three decades, his articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Review, Field & Stream, and Austin Chronicle.

His new documentary, Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, which he produced along with Austin-based film director Tyson Culver, was released in mid-2020 and is now available on numerous streaming platforms including: iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Vimeo, YouTube, Xbox, and Vudu. A review of Juice in Birth. Movies. Death said the message of the film “is delivered with ease and precision through smooth editing, narration, and interviews with succinct information from the past, present, and potential ideas for the future. Filled with beautiful aerial shots and poignant scenes on par with images out of National Geographic magazine, Culver’s documentary debut is enlightening and powerful.”

Alex Trembath is Deputy Director at Breakthrough. He is the lead or coauthor of several Breakthrough publications, including Coal Killer, Beyond Boom and Bust and Our High-Energy Planet. He is also co-director of Breakthrough Generation, the Breakthrough Institute's annual summer policy fellowship, which brings together some of the brightest young thinkers in the world to work together researching policy, politics, and technology. Alex came to Breakthrough by way of Breakthrough Generation 2011.

Alex helps coordinate Breakthrough’s research, communications, and events. His writing has been published bySlate, Issues in Science and Technology, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Forbes, Politico,Bloomberg, and elsewhere. His research and analysis have been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, E&E News, CNN, and other major media outlets.

Alex is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he received his Bachelor's in Environmental Economics and Policy. Follow Alex on Twitter @atrembath.

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