140. Oil's Last Lavish Party: The 2022 World Cup in Qatar

<p>Two hundred billion dollars of oil and gas money to through The World Cup in Qatar. Turns out Qatar is 'new money' and yet has a huge sovereign fund of $300B. Even they know the transition is coming. The governor of Tokyo suggests turtleneck sweaters for saving on energy. Will the trend take off? Donate to The Clean Energy Show via PayPal! COP27 was a big, fat compromise and we need to do better but it does seem the world is slowly coming together to oppose fossil fuels. The sexy new Prius is fast and sporty. Too bad it isn't an electric vehicle. We predict continued bad sales for Toyota. Biden pours billions into aiding the U.S. power grid to transition to renewable energy. Canada begins a program to replace oil furnaces on the East coast with heat pumps.</p> <p>Other topics: GoComics, Carlos Ghosn, Unilever to make precision fermented ice cream could be the blow to dairy we've been predicting, Mazda might be the only Japanese auto company to get serious about EVs and Volkswagen may be dropping the ball. A listener bought his first EV and is worried his reduced winter range won't come back. Don't worry, it will!</p> <p>Thanks for listening to our show! Consider rating The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to our show. Follow us on TikTok! @cleanenergypod</p> <p>Transcript------------</p> <hr /> <p><br /> Hello, and welcome to episode 140 of the Clean Energy Show.</p> <p>I'm Brian Stockton.</p> <p>I'm James Whittingham.</p> <p>This week, with the World Cup underway in Qatar, we look at what might be the peak of petrol state decadence.</p> <p>I mean, what does $200 billion even get? Dennis a soccer tournament without beer.</p> <p>Hell, even my kids pee wee soccer tournaments had beer.</p> <p>The governor of Tokyo has solved the energy crisis.</p> <p>The solution? Turtleneck sweaters.</p> <p>Speaking as a Canadian, wait until they hear about Tukes and woolly socks.</p> <p>Well, the Cop 27 climate summit was a bit of a wash.</p> <p>You know, like standing in the middle of Miami.</p> <p>D