Global Electricity

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

the Startup Ideas Podcast the Green Blueprint All-In

3 statements about Global Electricity, every show

GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Partly supported
Lovins: Pipe friction optimization can save one-fifth of world electricity
“You have this order of magnitude energy saving sufficient to save about a fifth of the world's electricity or half the coal-fired electricity, and you recover your investment in typically under a year fixing old buildings and factories or instantly in new ones…”
Amory Lovins Apr 13, 2022 ▶ 19:04 The ‘profound change’ from today’s energy crisis
STARTUP IDEAS Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg: Ammonia synthesis consumes 3% to 6% of global electricity
“Today, synthesizing ammonia accounts for somewhere between three and six percent of global electricity, and all of the food that all of us eat is fertilized with synthetic ammonia, and that saved the planet, and it was just a, you know, a stroke of engineering…”
Dave Friedberg Mar 3, 2022 ▶ 22:19 Anything Is Possible with Dave Friedberg | Where It Happens
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg claims six percent of global electricity is used to make ammonia
“Around six percent of global electricity is used to make ammonia, which is the fertilizer that farmers around the world put on their fields to grow their corn.”
David Friedberg May 13, 2021 ▶ 1:14:11 E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more

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