Ramez Naam

7 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2023 by Ramez Naam · said 5 times in 4 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Jul 20, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Naam: 12-hour energy storage will definitely be solved
“Like, 12 hour storage, I'm convinced, is like, that's going to be solved.”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 9:25 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
Jul 20, 2023 negative
Prediction Held up
Naam: Odds of limiting global warming to 1.5°C are minuscule
“But the bad news is we have missed 1.5 degrees C, and I don't know how to say this anymore clearly, because there are people that will tell you that we might hit it. The odds of that are minuscule.”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 37:56 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
Jul 20, 2023 negative
Opinion
Naam: Wilderness no longer exists; preserving ecosystems requires active human management
“There is no such thing as wilderness on planet Earth anymore. We have modified the climate such that if you're, if it's a forest, if it's a coral reef, if it's a wetlands, It doesn't exist in the same climactic band that that natural ecosystem evolved in. And …”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 40:15 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
Jul 20, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Naam: Continent-scale transmission is the most underrated clean energy technology
“The most underrated of those technologies is super long duration transmission. That is probably the one that... Ultra long distance, like coast-to-coast, continent-scale transmission. It's probably the one that has the best upside and the most certainty that w…”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 8:48 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
Jul 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Naam: Space launch costs are dropping faster than solar power costs
“Space launch is getting cheaper faster than solar. Only, only two things in history have gotten cheap faster than solar to date, which are computing and gene sequencing or gene printing. But right now, we're in a phase where the cost of space launch is actuall…”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 10:36 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
Jul 20, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Naam: Solar costs dropped twice as fast as his 2011 10x forecast
“So my forecast was the cost of solar would drop by about a factor of 10 to 20 50, and it actually dropped twice as fast as I thought it would.”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 1:42 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
Jul 20, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Naam: Floating offshore wind is massively underrated for deep-water regions
“I think offshore wind has a huge role to play, and floating offshore wind is one of the most underrated technologies, because in deep water, you basically can't do bottom out offshore wind. So around Japan, or the U.S. West Coast, I think floating offshore win…”
Ramez Naam Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 9:39 What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
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