Climate Changes Everything
Climate changes everything, often in unexpected ways. I’ll unpack those changes — from life basics like energy and water to business, technology, culture, geopolitics, travel, transportation, and the built environment — and look for the “thrive” in each change. Sustainability; resilience; diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; and (often surprising) challenges and opportunities. Whether you are a seasoned Climate Champion or just ”climate-curious,” I look forward to exploring our transforming world together.
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Episodes
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Nuclear power was going to be the future ... until it really really really wasn't. And now, just might be again. Join us for another episode of Climate Changes Everything as we explore the amazing origins of nuclear power, the tension between productive uses like electricity and destructive uses like nuclear weapons, and tee-up the essential questions: is nuclear a good thing? Where are the opportunities for innovation, entrepeneurship, and advocacy around nuclear power in today's world.
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
A ten million ton, concrete Swiss Army knife? Yes, indeed. For all their monolithic permanence, dams and hydroelectricity are the Swiss Army knives of infrastructure and the power grid, respectively. With plenty of compromises, caveats, and questions but also opportunities for innovation, entrepeneurship, and advocacy. Eyes wide wide wide open? Let's dive in!
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
The seeming simplicity of a hydroelectric dam belies significant (and often surprising) complexity and compromise around climate, environment, human welfare, local and geopolitics and even the rotation of the Earth itself! Lots to consider and no easy answers, but that's why we're here for this next episode of Climate Changes Everything. I hope you enjoy it!
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
In this episode, we dive back into the world of electricity generation to begin our examination of hydroelectric power: from the emergence of water on Earth about four billion years ago to torrents of innovation both three thousand years and 150 years ago to today's behemoth dams around the world. Come on in -- the water's fine!
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
It's graduation season here in the US but the usual pomp and circumstance is matched by the stark realities of a climate-changing world. Today's graduates face unprecedented challenges in the world they inherit but, I argue, unprecedented opportunity too. How can this generation survive and thrive in this brave new world -- and save the world for all of us at the same time?
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
The liquid form of ancient solar energy, oil, is seemingly embedded in everyone and everything everywhere in the world. And it plays a surprisingly complex role in the power system, both as a legacy fuel and as a backstop for reliability, resilience, and even renewable integration. Curious? Eyes wide wide wide open? Join us for this episode of Climate Changes Everything.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
How do the negatives inherent in natural gas-fueled power generation compare to the positives, both at the "burn" and across the entire lifecycle of the fuel? It's a wonderfully complex question – or more accurately, set of questions with profound implications for our climate and environment, decarbonization and electrification, and innovation, entrepeneurship, and advocacy. So how does Dr Suess's classic fit in? Check out Episode 10 of Climate Changes Everything!
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Is natural gas actually more climate-friendly than coal? The data is not at all conclusive and that's a huge part of the problem, along with economic and regulatory incentives and a world full of infrastructure. Problems are opportunities, too -- for innovation, entrepeneurship, and advocacy. Join us as we drill deep!
Lincoln BLEVEANS (he|him)
Lincoln Bleveans has been an executive in the global energy industry for nearly 30 years, focused on electric power and sustainability, from start-ups and emerging technologies to independent power project development to utilities and 24/7 operations. He currently leads Stanford University’s mission-critical operations and world-leading innovation in sustainability and resilience, energy and water, civil infrastructure, building energy management, and waste management. He is a frequent speaker and writer on these topics and is also active as a mentor and board member for technology start-ups in North America, Europe, and India.