Ecomodernism's Arch Pragmatist feat. Ted Nordhaus

Ted Nordhaus is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the
Breakthrough Institute, the world's first and most prominent
Ecomodernist think tank.


We talk about the origins of the concept of ecological
decoupling, the New Left's ceding of class and materialist
politics to the right and the empty radicalism of the Green New
Dealers.


Ted shares his thoughts on the wicked problem of climate change
which he compares to a chronic disease like diabetes rather then
an acute problem like an asteroid strike.


Ted also opines on energy policy where he argues that the most
effective root to deep decarbonization, a centrally planned and
coordinated massive build out of gigawatt scale nuclear, is not
viable given the political economy of our time. He argues instead
for a pragmatic, non-radical strategy that adapts itself to our
liberalizing energy markets with a mix of renewables, natural
gas, and advanced small scale nuclear.


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