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.
The world is awash in plastic. According to a study published in 2020, total production of plastics since 1950 is now over 10 billion...
On January 16th, 2025, a fire broke out at the Vistra plant in Moss Landing, California burning for two days and scattering heavy metals...
Carbon is a boon and a bane. It is at the core of all life on Earth, past and present. In the atmosphere, carbon...
