A Grab Bag With Vox's David Roberts

<p>This week, David Roberts, a staff writer at Vox, joins the gang to talk about a wide range of topics in the news.</p><p>How would a good carbon tax work? Are we fooling ourselves thinking Republicans will ever support one?</p><p>In the absence of a carbon price, is 100% renewable energy good politics? Is it good policy?</p><p>Should we bail out nuclear? Can renewables fill in the gap created by closing nuke plants?</p><p>What should we be hopeful about?</p><p>We’ll spend the second half of the show talking about electric buses. Jigar’s company, Generate Capital, is deploying $200 million for electric bus leases. Are we reaching a tipping point for transit?</p><p><em>The Energy Gang is brought to you by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas.&nbsp;Mission Solar's high-performance solar panels have the highest testing ratings among any North American manufacturer in the market.&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.missionsolar.com/" target="_blank"><em>Learn more</em></a><em>&nbsp;about Mission's high-efficiency modules.</em></p><p><em>Subscribe to&nbsp;</em>The Energy Gang<em>&nbsp;podcast via&nbsp;</em><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-energy-gang/id663379413?mt=2" target="_blank"><em>Apple Podcasts</em></a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ib4rxvbxzjtlvwhncbctz4uwdka" target="_blank"><em>Google Play</em></a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-energy-gang" target="_blank"><em>Stitcher</em></a><em>&nbsp;or wherever you find your audio content.</em></p>