WATCH: An Honest & Sensible Conversation about Global Energy | Scott Tinker

This is a talk that everyone has to watch. In the real world, we have to make real trade-offs between climate security, energy poverty, and energy security. Energy is necessary for lifting much of the world out of poverty, however, climate concerns are also real considerations. We need to start a constructive, and honest conversation about these trade-offs. Dr Scott Tinker is the director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, the State Geologist of Texas, professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Chairman of the Switch Energy Alliance, and CEO of Tinker Energy Associates. READ the ARC Research Paper: “Powering the Powering the Unplugged: Overcoming the Barriers to Electrification in the Developing World“ 00:00 - 05:06 What energy means for the developing world 05:07 - 08:04 What does it look like to power the world? 08:05 - 10:32 The concept of Energy Density 10:35 - 12:52 China and India’s Coal use 12:53 - 13:58 Global leaders prioritise energy security 13:59 - 17:45 No such thing as renewable energy 17:46 - 20:43 Navigating the Trade-off SUBSCRIBE to the Channel to keep up-to-date with all the talks from the ARC Conference 2023. Make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments below. ARC RESEARCH: The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship has also published several research papers that accompanied the 2023 Conference. If you’d like to go deeper into the ideas from the conference, please read our research papers here: Find out more about the ARC here and subscribe the our newsletter for our latest updates: — ARC, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, is a global community with a vision of a world where every citizen can prosper, contribute, and flourish. Join us in building this narrative, rejecting the notion of inevitable decline. Instead, let’s seek solutions that tap into humanity’s highest virtues and remarkable capacity for innovation and ingenuity. Follow us on: X/Twitter - Instagram -