Robert Bryce: “Electrify Everything” is crazy town | Tom Nelson Pod #91

Robert Bryce is an author, film producer, and podcaster. He’s the author of six books including his latest, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations, the producer of a feature-length documentary, Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, and the host of the Power Hungry Podcast. Follow him on Substack: robertbryce.substack.com https://twitter.com/pwrhungry powerhungrypodcast.com robertbryce.com juicethemovie.com https://linktr.ee/robertbryce 00:00 Introduction 00:55 2019 documentary film: Juice 02:35 Congressional testimony 03:31 Texas 2021 blackout 04:26 Electrify Everything is dangerous policy 06:49 Rube Goldberg grid 07:39 Deregulation not good for consumers? 08:17 Electricity is a service. We don't want random Uber 09:26 $240 billion for wind and solar 11:24 TikTok video about Ford losing $34k per EV 12:23 Exciting time to be an independent journalist 13:32 Electric grids reflect the society they power 13:55 Generator mafia 14:38 Perverse incentives 17:33 Stealing electricity 18:49 Three grid imperatives: Integrity, capital, and fuel 20:35 Importance of electric elevators in city development 24:02 Transformer shortage 27:17 The hyped green transition takes a lot of diesel fuel 29:02 Worry about EMP/solar events destroying our grid? 31:23 Strategic transformer reserve? 32:26 Rejecting renewable energy locally 34:22 Massive subsidies lead to malinvestment 35:54 Shutting down bitcoin? 38:03 Why so many podcasters in Austin? 39:04 Who else do you recommend? 41:28 Know your units —— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html Notes for climate skeptics: https://tomn.substack.com/p/notes-for-climate-skeptics ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html