End the Week with THB
My presentation and discussion with Veriten
Earlier this week I joined the Liberty+Energy breakfast in Denver where I gave a short presentation (my deck is linked here as a PDF) and was interviewed by Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and Maynard Holt, CEO of Veriten.
You can see the interview and read the full transcript here. We covered a lot of ground on climate, energy, science and geopolitics. Comments welcomed!
Great podcast Roger. 2 real actioanable items that people can take away: (i) fix the design flaw in the NCA. I don think an other body to review the NCA or the IPCC is a good pathway. It's better to fix the institution that were created for the express purpose of having an authoritative and INDEPENDENT body that informs policy makers who are charged with deploying Trillions of tax dollars. The fact the NCA reports to the Executive branch is an issue and in general, most academic research bodies need to be untethered from funding that specifically directs research for a particular outcome. As a life long public accountant where independence and objectivity is nonnegotiable, this fix is self evident. the AICPA defines Independence as follows: Independence is defined as follows: "Independence of mind is the state of mind that permits a member to perform an attest service without being affected by influences that compromise professional judgment, thereby allowing an individual to act with integrity and exercise objectivity and professional skepticism." Being objective means you have to act without conflict. Sometimes it's hard to avoid pandering to the hand that feeds you. Which is why professions have clear conflict and independence restrictions.
The second takeaway is great advice to the oil and gas companies. Start modeling your own pathway and demonstrate what the world looks like without an orderly transition. Too much of the modeling is pointing out current and forecasted consumption patterns without pointing to why---(i.e. no easy substitution, interconnected systems, long dated construction, incumbent infrastructure, high costs, accessibility etc.. Great talk.
Thanks a lot for sharing the presentation! Sorry that I might have missed it. But, where do I find an explanation, why IPCC AR6 has published different assessments with regard to "agricultural drought, ecological drought and fire weather" in Chapter 11 and 12?