The Climate Realist

May 09 2024
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The Climate Realist tackles the subject of climate change a little differently. We discuss realistic and achievable things you or your company can do to reduce your carbon footprint, and prepare for a changing climate. We’ll also discuss some big ideas that will allow you personally to make a real difference in the world wide climate. If you are skeptical, please listen anyway. This podcast respects your point of view.

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30 - Building your own home with used materials

May 09 2024 14 mins  
This episode, we’re going to discuss the housing crisis in Canada, and how we could do much better by simply getting out of the way and allowing people to build their own homes from used materials. As with most contemporary problems, the solution often is hidden in the past.

29 - On demand transit. Why can’t buses be more like Uber?

Apr 13 2024 9 mins  
Getting from where you are, to where you want to be. Our transit systems do not need to be huge buses that are either full, or nearly empty. Let’s take a lesson from Uber, and rethink the whole concept of public transit.

28 - What’s the future of the single family home?

Mar 18 2024 20 mins  
Will single family homes soon become a rarity? Condos are not necessarily the lowest carbon alternative. In this episode, we compare the carbon footprint of living in houses, townhouses and condos.

27 - Carbon capture and storage by oil companies. Can this really be green?

Mar 04 2024 11 mins  
In this episode, we talk about about a carbon capture and storage initiative by the oil sands companies, called “The Pathways Alliance”. A group of companies have banded together to develop carbon capture and storage systems, as part of their march towards net-zero emissions from their operations. The key word here is ”operations”. They are not attempting to make their foss

26 - Our car centric world makes it hard to walk anywhere. The store is right over there!

Feb 19 2024 19 mins  
In this episode, we discuss how difficult it is to be a pedestrian in many towns and cities, and what we can do about it. Our towns and cities are built around using vehicles. It doesn’t have to remain this way. We discuss many ways to improve pedestrian access without costing a fortune.

25 - Empty cradles versus a warming planet. The dilemma of declining birth rates

Feb 01 2024 10 mins  
This week, we’re going to discuss the subject of declining fertility rates, and the potential impacts that will have on climate change and society.

24 - What happened to all the frogs and butterflies? Biodiversity loss

Jan 21 2024 13 mins  
Have you noticed that over the last few decades, there are far fewer of these creatures around, and much less variety? In this episode, we’ll go over what I’ve noticed, and discuss why this is happening.

23 - Heat pumps in the bitter cold? Balancing clean energy with the reality of winter

Jan 14 2024 16 mins  
Heat pumps typically only work when the outside temperature is above -25 C or so. Today, we're tackling heat pumps, and how they handle the winter.

22 - Nuclear fusion demystified. Can we really recreate the Sun’s power here on Earth?

Jan 07 2024 18 mins  
Imagine a world powered by clean, abundant energy. No more fossil fuels, no more dams. This is the promise of nuclear fusion, a technology that harnesses the power of the sun right here on Earth. In this episode of The Climate Realist, we're diving into the world of fusion. We'll explore how it works, compare it to traditional nuclear fission, and discuss the challenges and opportu

21 - Food waste. How it contributes to climate change, and how you can help.

Dec 26 2023 13 mins  
The food that we all waste turns out to be a major contributor to climate change. This episode of The Climate Realist podcast goes over how you can personally help, and save money at the same time by reducing your grocery bills. Some good articles to read on the subject are: From the UN food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Food wastage footprint From the World Wildlife Fund (WW