Volts host David Roberts interviews Cole Ashman of Pila Energy about their plug in home battery product. Its smaller size (briefcase sized) makes it a compact option that can fit in most dwellings. At 1.6 kWh, it can get your essentials through the average blackout, and can also assist with time of use energy bills. At $1500 USD, its not a small purchase, but it is easier to afford than a whole ass tesla wall battery. Interview link above, company website here: https://www.pilaenergy.com/

David Roberts interview the man who decarbonized Uruguay on his podcast Volts. They discuss how it happened the first time, and how it could be replicated. He believes that every country could realistically achieve an 80% renewable grid.

Ramón Mendez Galain is the man most responsible for Uruguay being the first country to consistently utilize over 90% renewable energy. He discusses how he ended up in that roll, the choices he made to succeed, and his determination to bring the same success to other nations, all a part of the interview with David Roberts on Volts.

Volts host David Roberts interviews Seth Cutler of IONNA to discuss the company's efforts to make charging stations good to use, placed in optimal locations, and the challenges and priorities involved.

She went on NPR this weekend, and as someone who agrees with all of her policies, absolutely pissed me off. Her interviewer was no a socialist, but he gave her softball questions and she dropped it every time. She answered every question from the seat of knowing she was in the right and neglected to include compassion for the audience members who dont know that she is right and have no clue why she is. "Abolish the senate" has to be the worst way to phrase this goal. It sounds like a mic drop instead of a persuasive message. Its fast, scary, and lacking any of the reasoning. If she said that she wants to "unite the chambers of congress into a single, evenly representative, legislature." Congrats, now it sounds less scary, and the reasoning makes sense. When discussing moving funding from police budgets into the community, she just said "wouldnt you rather have trees and lunches for children than cops everywhere?" Its two totally disconnected thoughts! Talk about how alleviating the burden for parents to feed their children will reduce the stresses that cause domestic violence, where as cops can only ever respond to a domestic violence call after the violence has happened. The whole interview, the host was offering her chances to talk about her positions sensibly, giving her second chances to phrase things more eloquently, and she rejected every time. Megan Romer doesnt belong anywhere near a microphone, or our leadership structure. If you cant speak from a point of compassion for everyone, then you cant be trusted to lead a movement centered around compassion.

She went on NPR this weekend, and as someone who agrees with all of her policies, absolutely pissed me off. Her interviewer was no a socialist, but he gave her softball questions and she dropped it every time. She answered every question from the seat of knowing she was in the right and neglected to include compassion for the audience members who dont know that she is right and have no clue why she is. "Abolish the senate" has to be the worst way to phrase this goal. It sounds like a mic drop instead of a persuasive message. Its fast, scary, and lacking any of the reasoning. If she said that she wants to "unite the chambers of congress into a single, evenly representative, legislature." Congrats, now it sounds less scary, and the reasoning makes sense. When discussing moving funding from police budgets into the community, she just said "wouldnt you rather have trees and lunches for children than cops everywhere?" Its two totally disconnected thoughts! Talk about how alleviating the burden for parents to feed their children will reduce the stresses that cause domestic violence, where as cops can only ever respond to a domestic violence call after the violence has happened. The whole interview, the host was offering her chances to talk about her positions sensibly, giving her second chances to phrase things more eloquently, and she rejected every time. Megan Romer doesnt belong anywhere near a microphone, or our leadership structure. If you cant speak from a point of compassion for everyone, then you cant be trusted to lead a movement centered around compassion.

Podcast host and long time climate reporter David Roberts interviews the owner of Energea, a company that enables individuals to invest in solar panel installations in Brazil, Columbia, parts of Africa, and the USA. locals pay for electricity to do what they want to do, the profits from that electricity go to investors.

Locals get to access cheap reliable electricity far earlier than otherwise, and investors are able to enjoy incredibly consistent and safe ROI.

Im a new writer, and im working on a solarpunk novel. I also have a short story that i want to try to get published in an anthology. Im aware of a few solarpunk and cli-fi anthologies that have been published, but i have no idea where to find an anthology thats currently being assembled. Does anyone have any leads for me?

Also, let's share some of our favorite stories collections! Im currently reading The Last Catastrophe by Allegra Hyde. Its very fun. I also have Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow. on my shelf. Some that ive heard of but know little about are Bright Green Futures by Susan K Quinn, and AfterGlow by Grist.