StarZero All shows Try the podcast clipper →

The Numbers Museum

Every specific figure ever claimed on the show. 1,259 match this view. Red rows are numbers the cited sources contradict.

AllDollarsMultiplesPercentagesBig numbers
FigureAs spokenThe claimWhoWhenChecked?
10% “10%” Dell: Electricity Supplies Only 10% of Total Chemical Sector Inputs Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
90% “90%” Dell: Membrane Separations Could Cut Chemical Process Energy Demand by 90% Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 —
50% “50%” Dell: 50% Green Ethylene Premium Adds Under One Cent Per Beverage Bottle Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
1.5B “a half billion” Dell: Only 8% of All Historically Produced Plastic Has Been Recycled Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
5B “five billion” Dell: Only 8% of All Historically Produced Plastic Has Been Recycled Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
800M “eight hundred million” Dell: Only 8% of All Historically Produced Plastic Has Been Recycled Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
600M “six hundred million” Dell: Only 8% of All Historically Produced Plastic Has Been Recycled Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
8% “eight percent” Dell: Only 8% of All Historically Produced Plastic Has Been Recycled Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Supported
80× “80 times” Dell: Plastic Prevents Organic Waste Decomposition in Landfills, Causing Methane Emissions Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 —
9% “nine percent” Dell: Only 4% of US Post-Consumer Plastic Is Actually Recycled Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 Partly supported
80% “80%” Kann: 80% of climate tech tasks require chemical or biological conversion Shayle Kann Jan 18, 2022 —
$40B “forty billion dollars” Kann: DOE Loan Programs Office has $40B capacity, backed Monolith with $1B+ Shayle Kann Jan 10, 2022 Supported
1B “a billion” Kann: DOE Loan Programs Office has $40B capacity, backed Monolith with $1B+ Shayle Kann Jan 10, 2022 Supported
100% “100%” Hanson: 100% of Sand Hill Road VCs rejected Monolith in 2012 Rob Hanson Jan 10, 2022 —
4% “four percent” Shah: Solar and wind projects yield mere 2% to 4% returns Jigar Shah Jan 10, 2022 —
$2M “two million dollars” Shah: LPO due diligence costs climate tech borrowers up to $2M Jigar Shah Jan 10, 2022 Supported
$130M “one hundred thirty million dollars” Kann: General Fusion, Helion, and Commonwealth Fusion raise massive private funding rounds Shayle Kann Dec 23, 2021 Supported
$500M “five hundred million dollars” Kann: General Fusion, Helion, and Commonwealth Fusion raise massive private funding rounds Shayle Kann Dec 23, 2021 Supported
1.8B “1.8 billion” Kann: General Fusion, Helion, and Commonwealth Fusion raise massive private funding rounds Shayle Kann Dec 23, 2021 Supported
70% “70%” Hsu: The UK's JET tokamak achieved 70 percent instantaneous fusion power Dr. Scott Hsu Dec 23, 2021 Supported
70% “70%” Hsu: NIF's 2021 record shot achieved 70 percent fusion energy output Dr. Scott Hsu Dec 23, 2021 Supported
70% “70%” Hsu: Inefficient laser heating puts inertial fusion further from wall-plug gain Dr. Scott Hsu Dec 23, 2021 —
65% “65%” Hsu: Capital costs will drive 65 percent of fusion's levelized electricity cost Dr. Scott Hsu Dec 23, 2021 Supported
1% “one percent” Kann: Data centers consume over 1% of global electricity Shayle Kann Dec 16, 2021 Supported
38% “38%” Kann: US Natural Gas Use Is Split Between Power, Industry, and Buildings Shayle Kann Dec 9, 2021 Supported
33% “33%” Kann: US Natural Gas Use Is Split Between Power, Industry, and Buildings Shayle Kann Dec 9, 2021 Supported
25% “25%” Kann: US Natural Gas Use Is Split Between Power, Industry, and Buildings Shayle Kann Dec 9, 2021 Supported
0.5% “half percent” Lubershain: EDF Studies Find 2.5% Natural Gas Leak Rate Across Supply Chain Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 Supported
0.5% “half percent” Lubershain: Home Gas Appliances With Upstream Leaks Are Worse Than Coal Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 Contradicted
10× “10 times” Lubershain: Biomass gasification for RNG costs 5x to 10x fossil gas Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 Supported
20% “20%” Lubershain: Gas pipelines max out at ~7% hydrogen by energy without retrofits Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 Supported
7% “seven percent” Lubershain: Gas pipelines max out at ~7% hydrogen by energy without retrofits Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 Supported
3× “three times” Lubershain: Moving Energy via Pipeline Is 3x Cheaper Than Transmission Lines Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 Supported
50% “50%” Lubershain: Electrifying natural gas demand gets exponentially harder near 100% Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 —
25% “25%” Lubershain: Electrifying natural gas demand gets exponentially harder near 100% Andy Lubershane Dec 9, 2021 —
3% “three percent” Kann: Aviation generates 2% to 3% of global greenhouse emissions Shayle Kann Dec 2, 2021 Supported
0.5% “half percent” Kann: Aviation causes roughly 3.5% of total anthropogenic warming Shayle Kann Dec 2, 2021 Supported
1% “a percent” Kann: Air freight carries 0.5% of trade volume but 35% of value Shayle Kann Dec 2, 2021 Supported
35% “35%” Kann: Air freight carries 0.5% of trade volume but 35% of value Shayle Kann Dec 2, 2021 Supported
90% “90%” Rutherford: 50% of Americans and 90% of humanity do not fly annually Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 Supported
1% “one percent” Rutherford: Sustainable aviation fuel accounts for less than 0.1% of global use Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 Supported
2% “two percent” Rutherford: Waste fats and oils can meet just 2% of fuel demand Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 Supported
50× “50 times” Rutherford: Batteries are 40 to 50 times less energy dense than jet fuel Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 Supported
60% “60%” Rutherford: Flight carbon intensity varies by 20% to 60% among US airlines Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 Supported
7× “seven times” Rutherford: Supersonic aircraft are 5 to 7 times more carbon intensive than subsonics Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 Supported
1K “a thousand” Ransohoff: Stripe requires 1,000-year permanence and a sub-$100 price trajectory Nan Ransohoff Nov 18, 2021 —
30M “thirty million” Ransohoff: Under 10,000 tons permanently removed globally across $30M historical spend Nan Ransohoff Nov 18, 2021 Supported
$1T “a trillion dollars” Ransohoff: A $1 Trillion Voluntary Carbon Removal Market Is Highly Unlikely Nan Ransohoff Nov 18, 2021 —
$1.4B “1.4 billion dollars” Kann: Cleantech 1.0 deep tech Series A returned $153M on $1.4B Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
1.4B “1.4 billion” Kann: Cleantech 1.0 deep tech Series A returned $153M on $1.4B Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
$153M “one hundred fifty three million dollars” Kann: Cleantech 1.0 deep tech Series A returned $153M on $1.4B Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
157M “hundred fifty seven million” Kann: Cleantech 1.0 software investments returned over 3x on $157M Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
3× “three X” Kann: Cleantech 1.0 software investments returned over 3x on $157M Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
8% “eight percent” Naam: Steel accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions, tripling aviation Ramez Naam Nov 11, 2021 Supported
3× “three times” Naam: Steel accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions, tripling aviation Ramez Naam Nov 11, 2021 Supported
62% “62%” Kann: EIP Climate Tech Index surged 97% since 2020 vs NASDAQ's 62% Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
97% “97%” Kann: EIP Climate Tech Index surged 97% since 2020 vs NASDAQ's 62% Shayle Kann Nov 11, 2021 Supported
50B “fifty billion” Naam: Global cleantech spend grew from $50B in 2004 to over $500B Ramez Naam Nov 11, 2021 Supported
500B “five hundred billion” Naam: Global cleantech spend grew from $50B in 2004 to over $500B Ramez Naam Nov 11, 2021 Supported
← newer page 7 of 7 · 200 per page
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 200 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.

Try the podcast clipper Learn more