Episode 2, part 1 - Corrections Corner

Welcome to Corrections (and Clarifications) Corner, where we focus on topics from previous episodes! Today it's definitely more of a clarifications corner. We start off with some talk about energy storage being centralized in few locations vs distributed to many locations, chat a little about duck curves and Nessie curves, and then move on to addressing the bipartisan-ness of the push towards renewable energy. Hope takes us on a winding detour about different ways to implement revenue-neutral carbon taxes (... sorry), Ana explains how not to write bad survey questions, and finally we wrap it all up by still being better people than Thomas Edison.

From here on out, we'll be including corrections corner at the end of full episodes. Bear with us as we figure out the optimal format for this podcast :)

Sources: 

literally everything Hope knows about how an aggregation of batteries can be used as large-scale storage: http://www.utilitydive.com/news/greater-than-the-sum-how-aggregation-is-making-storage-into-a-software-bus/420753/ 

Nessie curves: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/hawaiis-solar-grid-landscape-and-the-nessie-curve 

key findings of the Climate Change in the American Mind survey: http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-may-2017/2/ (full report (pdf) here: http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Global-Warming-Policy-Politics-May-2017.pdf)

household impact survey for a carbon fee & dividend policy: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/household-impact-study/

episode cover art images taken from images taken from https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-california-duck-curve-is-real-and-bigger-than-expected (duck curve) and https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/hawaiis-solar-grid-landscape-and-the-nessie-curve (Nessie curve)

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