Skip to main content

Up Next

How to Decarbonize Industry, Part 1

How to Decarbonize Industry, Part 1

Season 4 Episode 3
26:46
How to Decarbonize Industry, Part 2

How to Decarbonize Industry, Part 2

Season 4 Episode 4
26:46
Energy and Climate Paradoxes

Energy and Climate Paradoxes

Season 4 Episode 5
26:46
Energy for Africa

Energy for Africa

Season 4 Episode 6
26:46
Sea Level Rise

Sea Level Rise

Season 4 Episode 7
26:46
Critical Risks to Energy Systems

Critical Risks to Energy Systems

Season 4 Episode 8
26:46
Electric Grid Reliability

Electric Grid Reliability

Season 4 Episode 9
26:46
Students’ Energy and Climate Opinions

Students’ Energy and Climate Opinions

Season 4 Episode 10
26:46
Plastic Recycling

Plastic Recycling

Season 5 Episode 1
26:46
How to Build Powerlines

How to Build Powerlines

Season 5 Episode 2
26:46
Back to Show
Energy Switch

Food: Energy & Emissions

Season 4 Episode 2

Everything in our modern lives has energy inputs and emissions outputs -- and that’s certainly the case for our food. It’s not just all the energy that powers the equipment required to grow, transport and process our food. And the energy inputs for fertilizer required by global agriculture. But also the emissions from land, and livestock, and particularly from food loss and food waste.

Support Provided By
Season
Energy Switch Season 9
26:46
The potential and risks of injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet.
Waste to Energy
26:46
Capturing landfill gas and using digesters and gasifiers to make methane and biochar.
Climate Modeling
26:46
How climate models work, what they tell us and some of their limitations.
An Energy Rich World
26:46
How to end energy poverty with industry, investment and regulation.
Ocean Health, part 2
26:46
Plastic and other pollution, sea level rise, coastal erosion and potential solutions.
Ocean Health, part 1
26:46
Fisheries and the impact of warming on the ocean, and how both affect us.
Barriers to Nuclear
26:46
Can the US overcome budget, schedule, capital, industry and supply chain challenges?
Arctic Energy
26:46
The arctic produces huge volumes of oil and gas, but new production may be too risky.
Forests Store Carbon
26:46
How forests and other plants absorb one-quarter of human-emitted CO2 each year.
Middle East Energy
26:46
The global importance of the region’s oil, and its moves to diversify into other energies.
Solar and Wind: Success or Failure?
26:46
Experts debate the future of solar and wind energy, with surprising takeaways.
Ecomodernism vs Degrowth
26:46
Can we have abundance with less environmental impact? Or must we reduce consumption?
Active loading indicator