#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change

Sam Harris speaks with Chris Field about climate change and its
consequences. They discuss skepticism about climate change, the
accuracy of climate models, the magnitude of temperature
increases, how global temperatures are measured, the historical
record of climate variation, the range of possibilities in the
coming decades, feedback mechanisms, wildfires, water vapor, air
pollution, solar geo-engineering, the biggest challenge to taking
action on climate change, the costs of transitioning to a
carbon-neutral economy, renewable sources of energy, nuclear
power, carbon capture, hydrogen, the developing world, China and
India, carbon taxes and other incentives, and other topics.


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