Yedvab: Having no geoengineering options is worse than moral hazard risk
Yanai Yedvab · Inside the most sophisticated plan for solar geoengineering · Jul 1, 2026 · at 35:31
Yanai Yedvab, CEO of Stardust, addresses the moral hazard that solar geoengineering research could weaken incentives to decarbonize heavy industry.
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“I would argue that, you know, Having no option is not a good balance for this. You need to have options. You want to make sure that you are not stuck in a position that in 10 years from now, people are saying, why no one worked on, on giving us option?”
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