The Other Energy Transition feat. Dr. Scott Tinker

While wealthy countries in the West are engaged in an energy
transition obstensibly away from fossil fuels towards renewable
energy the developing world is emerging from energy poverty
largely through the use of fossil fuels. Four million people die
every year as a consequence of indoor air pollution from cooking
using biomass in poorly ventilated homes. This is more lives lost
year after year, every year than COVID in 2020 and more than
Malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. The transition away from biomass
towards sources like liquid petroleum gas cooking fuels is an
undeniable global health benefit. 


How do we balance the immediate needs of people to exit energy
poverty with the fossil fuel driven threat of climate change that
looms on the horizon. What are the consequences of market
interventions and economic planning when policy makers struggle
with basic energy literacy?


Dr Scott Tinker is a geologist, educator, energy expert and
documentary filmmaker. He is the bureau of economic geology at
the University of Texas and the chairman of the Switch Energy
Alliance which aims to inspire an energy educated future through
film.