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Grunwald: Feeding 2050 Population Needs Two Indias' Worth of New Land
“If, even if we continue to increase farm yields at the same rate they've increased throughout the Green Revolution we're gonna need another two India's worth of land, which essentially means, you know, gonna bye-bye Amazon and Congo rainforests, you know, very…”
Mike Grunwald Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 5:40 The climate-ag grab bag
Assertion Supported
Lubbershane: Amazon turns to Bloom Energy fuel cells for Oregon data centers
“Amazon announced that they've got these three new data centers in Oregon that they're going to be, at least for the short term, powering with fuel cells from Bloom Energy, natural gas powered fuel cells. And part of that is because they just can't get connecte…”
Andy Lubershane Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 14:08 Navigating the electricity gauntlet
Assertion Supported
Bullard: Amazon deforestation fell 60% from 2021 to 2023
“We had about 5000 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon last year, which is like 60% less than it was in the year 2021 and much less, like maybe a fifth of what it was or even less in the 19 nineties and in the early 2000.”
Nat Bullard Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 18:15 2024 trends: batteries, transferable tax credits, and the cost of capital
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