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

Nov 18, 2022 4h 16m

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

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