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Assertion Supported
Steyer: Diesel generator power costs 10 times more per kWh than solar
“A diesel generator, which of course was fossil fuel, and it also emits a lot of not particularly healthful emissions from burning the diesel, but also is obviously a big emitter of CO₂, costs 10 times as much per kilowatt hour as solar.”
Tom Steyer Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 55:49 Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300)
Prediction Held up
Steyer predicts long-term energy storage systems will be viable by 2033
“Over the next 10 years, we'll have storage systems that enable us to do long-term storage”
Tom Steyer Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 47:21 Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300)
Assertion Supported
Steyer: Americans Recycle Only 6% of Plastics as Consumption Explodes
“Even though we recycle only six percent of our plastics, the use of plastics is exploding.”
Tom Steyer Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 49:02 Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300)
Assertion Supported
Steyer: Goldman Sachs had zero China staff and two in Hong Kong in 1983-1985
“Goldman Sachs, which was, as I said, I think the premier investment bank in the world, when I worked there in 1983 to 1985, had zero people in China and two people in Hong Kong.”
Tom Steyer Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 20:01 Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300)
Assertion Partly supported
Steyer telegraphed Farallon Capital's leadership succession eight years in advance
“One is I was very clear for years before I left at the end of 2012 that the person who was going to take over was Andrew Spokes. And so that was no surprise to anybody. I said it for eight years beforehand.”
Tom Steyer Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 27:45 Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300)
Assertion Partly supported
Steyer: Only 10% of DRC's 100 million people have access to electricity
“I think the DRC has about a hundred million people, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 10% of those people have access to electricity.”
Tom Steyer Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 55:30 Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300)
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