The Myth of Climate Apocalypse with Michael Shellenberger (S2 Ep.18)

My guest today is Michael Shellenberger, a journalist, author, environmental activist, Founder, and President of Environmental Progress. Michael is also the author of the book “Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All.” We talked about the trade-off between reducing global carbon emissions and allowing third world countries to industrialize, how civilization would adjust to rising sea levels, whether climate change would lead to military conflict over scarce resources, the claim that we have to cut carbon emissions in half in the next decade, the importance of nuclear energy, cryptocurrency and its environmental consequences, are humans causing a mass extinction, is banning plastic bags a good policy, and much more.