Ep 83: Harry Saunders, Managing Director of Decision Processes Incorporated
Episode description
In today’s episode, we cover:
● The Rebound Effect and the ironic implications of improving energy efficiency
● Harry’s journey into Climate Change
● How Harry earned the moniker, “The Godfather of Rebound”
● Contention around rebound and its Climate implications
● Factoring in the welfare of those in developing countries and the plight of “energy poverty”
● The integral role of nuclear in any clean energy strategy
● Ecomodernism and the focus on GDP-driven solutions to Climate Change
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
● Decision Processes Incorporated: http://www.decisionprocessesinc.com/
● Khazzoom–Brookes postulate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazzoom%E2%80%93Brookes_postulate
● The Rebound Effect: https://blog.ucsusa.org/peter-oconnor/energy-efficiency-what-is-the-rebound-effect-946
● Amory Lovins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amory_Lovins
● Rocky Mountain Institute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Institute
● Ecomodernist Manifesto: http://www.ecomodernism.org/
● Environmental Kuznets Curve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve#Environmental_Kuznets_curve
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