Robert Bryce: “Electrify Everything” is crazy town | Tom Nelson Pod #91

Robert Bryce is an author, film producer, and podcaster. He’s the author of six books including his latest, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations, the producer of a feature-length documentary, Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, and the host of the Power Hungry Podcast.

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00:00 Introduction

00:55 2019 documentary film: Juice

02:35 Congressional testimony

03:31 Texas 2021 blackout

04:26 Electrify Everything is dangerous policy

06:49 Rube Goldberg grid

07:39 Deregulation not good for consumers?

08:17 Electricity is a service. We don't want random Uber

09:26 $240 billion for wind and solar

11:24 TikTok video about Ford losing $34k per EV

12:23 Exciting time to be an independent journalist

13:32 Electric grids reflect the society they power

13:55 Generator mafia

14:38 Perverse incentives

17:33 Stealing electricity

18:49 Three grid imperatives: Integrity, capital, and fuel

20:35 Importance of electric elevators in city development

24:02 Transformer shortage

27:17 The hyped green transition takes a lot of diesel fuel

29:02 Worry about EMP/solar events destroying our grid?

31:23 Strategic transformer reserve?

32:26 Rejecting renewable energy locally

34:22 Massive subsidies lead to malinvestment

35:54 Shutting down bitcoin?

38:03 Why so many podcasters in Austin?

39:04 Who else do you recommend?

41:28 Know your units

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