An SN! Revisit: Solar Dividends

Episode 51 September 20, 2021 00:57:39
An SN! Revisit: Solar Dividends
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An SN! Revisit: Solar Dividends

Sep 20 2021 | 00:57:39

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Show Notes

In this SN! Revisit from 2019, host Ronnie Lipschutz welcomes Robert Stayton, physicist and author of Solar Dividends: How Solar Energy Can Generate a Basic Income for Everyone on Earth. We’ll discuss the math, physics, economics and politics of his idea and proposal, and whether his utopian vision can be made real by the end of the 21st century.

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