#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin

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<p>Bjørn Lomborg is author of &#8220;False Alarm&#8221;. Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> &#8211; <b>Eight Sleep</b>: <a href="https://www.eightsleep.com/lex">https://www.eightsleep.com/lex</a> to get special savings<br /> &#8211; <b>Linode</b>: <a href="https://linode.com/lex">https://linode.com/lex</a> to get $100 free credit<br /> &#8211; <b>InsideTracker</b>: <a href="https://insidetracker.com/lex">https://insidetracker.com/lex</a> to get 20% off<br /> &#8211; <b>Onnit</b>: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/onnit">https://lexfridman.com/onnit</a> to get up to 10% off</p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Andrew&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Revkin">https://twitter.com/Revkin</a><br /> Andrew&#8217;s Substack: <a href="https://revkin.substack.com">https://revkin.substack.com</a><br /> Andrew&#8217;s Linktree: <a href="https://linktr.ee/revkin">https://linktr.ee/revkin</a><br /> Bjørn&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg">https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg</a><br /> Bjørn&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://lomborg.com">https://lomborg.com</a><br /> Andrew&#8217;s Books:<br /> The Human Planet: <a href="https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY">https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY</a><br /> The Burning Season: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq">https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq</a><br /> Bjørn&#8217;s Books:<br /> False Alarm: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4">https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4</a><br /> How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: <a href="https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7">https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (06:59) &#8211; Politics of climate change<br /> (24:01) &#8211; Greta Thunberg<br /> (30:31) &#8211; Electric cars<br /> (37:53) &#8211; Economy<br /> (45:30) &#8211; Journalism<br /> (59:32) &#8211; Human emissions<br /> (1:17:19) &#8211; Worst-case climate change scenario<br /> (1:37:40) &#8211; Hurricanes<br /> (1:56:29) &#8211; Climate change vs Global warming<br /> (2:00:35) &#8211; Climate alarmism<br /> (2:15:25) &#8211; Economic models<br /> (2:46:52) &#8211; Climate change policies<br /> (3:02:54) &#8211; Nuclear energy<br /> (3:09:30) &#8211; Alex Epstein<br /> (3:20:00) &#8211; Public opinion on climate change<br /> (3:41:57) &#8211; US presidents<br /> (3:52:35) &#8211; Advice for young people<br /> (4:06:10) &#8211; Meaning of life</p>