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Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339

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: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin Andrew's Substack: https://revkin.substack.com Andrew's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin Bjørn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg Bjørn's Website: https://lomborg.com Andrew's Books: The Human Planet: https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq Bjørn's Books: False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4 How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:51 - Politics of climate change 18:53 - Greta Thunberg 25:23 - Electric cars 32:45 - Economy 40:22 - Journalism 54:23 - Human emissions 1:12:11 - Worst-case climate change scenario 1:32:32 - Hurricanes 1:51:20 - Climate change vs Global warming 1:55:27 - Climate alarmism 2:10:17 - Economic models 2:41:44 - Climate change policies 2:57:46 - Nuclear energy 3:04:22 - Alex Epstein 3:14:52 - Public opinion on climate change 3:36:49 - US presidents 3:47:27 - Advice for young people 4:01:02 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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Nov 18, 20224h 11mWatch on YouTube ↗

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November 18, 2022
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4h 11m
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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:

EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin Andrew's Substack: https://revkin.substack.com Andrew's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin Bjørn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg Bjørn's Website: https://lomborg.com Andrew's Books: The Human Planet: https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq Bjørn's Books: False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4 How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:51 - Politics of climate change 18:53 - Greta Thunberg 25:23 - Electric cars 32:45 - Economy 40:22 - Journalism 54:23 - Human emissions 1:12:11 - Worst-case climate change scenario 1:32:32 - Hurricanes 1:51:20 - Climate change vs Global warming 1:55:27 - Climate alarmism 2:10:17 - Economic models 2:41:44 - Climate change policies 2:57:46 - Nuclear energy 3:04:22 - Alex Epstein 3:14:52 - Public opinion on climate change 3:36:49 - US presidents 3:47:27 - Advice for young people 4:01:02 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:

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  • Bjørn Lomborg

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  • Andrew Revkin

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  • Lex Fridman

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin, Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339 explores climate Policy, Not Climate Doom: Rethinking Risk, Energy, and Action Lex Fridman hosts Bjørn Lomborg and climate journalist Andrew Revkin for a wide-ranging, non-adversarial conversation about climate change, risk, and policy. They argue that while human-caused global warming is real and important, public discourse has become dominated by unhelpful extremes: denial on one side and apocalyptic doom on the other.

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