S2 E11 Climate is the Future of Everything

Discussion topics in this episode: <ul><li>The original too-big-to-fail: our dearly beloved hydrocarbon industry. Hopefully soon, we can be saying: "our dearly departed." </li> <li>Our heirs deserve to inherit a livable world with air to breathe, water to drink, and food to eat. After all, it was never ours to greedily squander. </li> <li>The tools we use to save our biosphere will also build a new way of life. We need to embrace a new vision and rise to the challenge of adaptation that is upon us all. </li> </ul> <p>Your hosts: Michael Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr.</p> More info <ul><li>We will need to act big, in a systematic way, to save the best of our way of life and create an opportunity to transform it into something sustainable and cutting-edge.</li> <li><a href='https://ajustclimate.org/'>The Equitable and Just National Climate Platform</a> presents one of the most comprehensive and bold visions for a healthy new way forward for our nation.</li> <li>Energy is everything. On the horizon of emerging technology are some exciting developments:</li> <li>A Tokamak fusion reactor in South Korea passed an unprecedented milestone. Yeah baby, it's star stuff! This ain't your grandmothers' nuclear fission.</li> <li>More magical properties found in graphene: it's a fantastically strong atomic material and a <a href='https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/07/31/experiments-explore-mysteries-magic-angle-superconductors'>superconductor</a> (no impedance or loss of energy in transmission) and now we see it can create <a href='https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/12/14/magic-angle-graphene-and-creation-unexpected-topological-quantum-states'>topological quantum states</a>. It also looks like a <a href='https://scitechdaily.com/supercapacitors-challenge-batteries-powerful-graphene-hybrid-material-for-highly-efficient-energy-storage/'>possible alternative to today's batteries</a> too.</li> </ul> Learn more and reach out <ul><li>Head to <a href='https://citizendogood.com/category/citizens_prerogative/'>Citizens Prero