Double issue means double chapters, and double chapters are way too long to record in one sitting. Chris and Charley sit down again to finish Chapter 1.

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Issue 2: Green energy & electric cars

Intro: Why does green energy produce so much toxic waste?

Chapter 1: Comparing wind, solar, nuclear & geothermal energy; mining waste

Chapter 2: The human and environmental costs of green energy mining

Chapter 3: Phasing out cars (even electric ones) to save the planet

Chapter 4: Your life would be way better if we phased out cars

Bonus 1: Planet-saving green energy technology we foolishly never developed

Bonus 2: How did Congo (the world’s leading cobalt producer) get the way it is?

Bonus 3: The Congo Wars (1996-2003) and its millions of victims

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Issue 2 is available in written and podcast format

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Chris and Charlie try to figure out what energy source is best to replace fossil fuels, but things go off the rails immediately…and they wind up with an extended discussion about mining waste?

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Issue 2: Green energy & electric cars

Intro: Why does green energy produce so much toxic waste?

Chapter 1: Comparing wind, solar, nuclear & geothermal energy; mining waste

Chapter 2: The human and environmental costs of green energy mining

Chapter 3: Phasing out cars (even electric ones) to save the planet

Chapter 4: Your life would be way better if we phased out cars

Bonus 1: Planet-saving green energy technology we foolishly never developed

Bonus 2: How did Congo (the world’s leading cobalt producer) get the way it is?

Bonus 3: The Congo Wars (1996-2003) and its millions of victims

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Issue 2 is available in written and podcast format

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After finding that green energy has a worse radioactive waste problem than nuclear energy, Chris lays out green energy deal with the devil: to save the planet from climate change, it will be necessary to sacrifice parts of the planet with mining waste.

Two tables are referenced in this episode:

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Issue 2: Green energy & electric cars

Intro: Why does green energy produce so much toxic waste?

Chapter 1: Comparing wind, solar, nuclear & geothermal energy; mining waste

Chapter 2: The human and environmental costs of green energy mining

Chapter 3: Phasing out cars (even electric ones) to save the planet

Chapter 4: Your life would be way better if we phased out cars

Bonus 1: Planet-saving green energy technology we foolishly never developed

Bonus 2: How did Congo (the world’s leading cobalt producer) get the way it is?

Bonus 3: The Congo Wars (1996-2003) and its millions of victims

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Issue 2 is available in written and podcast format

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