Witnessing Climate Change Podcast

On August 8, 2022, Jay Kimball, consulting engineer for OPALCO (Orcas Power and Light Co-op - serving San Juan county in Washington) talked with John Ashenhurst and friends Mike Stickney, Cliff Collins, Marty Farahat, and Glenna Sheerin about what Jay calls "Living the Electric Life," and the efforts by OPALCO to play an important role in reducing carbon emissions in San Juan County. The conversation was broad, stimulating, informative, and helpful, covering electric vehicles to tidal power to smart grids.Video version at:Transcript at: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witnessingclimatechange.substack.com

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A conversation with scientist Richard Schreck about electric vehicles and the potential for their adoption over internal combustion vehicles and resulting lower carbon emissions. Among other things we cover barriers to adoption, battery range and safety, EVs and issues funding roads, why lithium ion batteries, EVs and the grid, true comparisons between internal combustion and electric vehicles, whether the advantages of transitioning to electric might be lost by making electrics too big and fancy, rethinking transportation as a whole rather just changing how private vehicles are powered, whether auto manufacturers really serious about going electric, competition for electric market, selling cars vs providing transportation, cautions about batteries, and low cost electric vehicles are coming - eventually.Podcast transcript at: Video at: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witnessingclimatechange.substack.com

A conversation with K. A. Wood about his novel, The Book of Kai, set 500 years in the future when climate change sea level rise has transformed Washington's Olympic Peninsula into an island. The conversation covers Ken's process of writing his novel, what life is like in this new world, how Kai copes, and the influence culture conserving monks.Podcast transcript at: Conversation video at: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witnessingclimatechange.substack.com