Ep 83: Harry Saunders, Managing Director of Decision Processes Incorporated
Today’s guest is Harry Saunders, Managing Director of Decision Processes Incorporated. Harry has consulted at numerous Fortune 100 companies including Chevron, General Motors, and Hewlett Packard, helping executive teams make higher quality decisions in the face of risk. The 'Godfather of rebound,' Harry is widely known as an international expert on energy efficiency and consumption and has also published articles in the fields of evolutionary biology and legal theory. I very much enjoyed speaking with Harry, and he shed some light on 'the rebound effect', which is an important factor in the ability of energy efficiency improvements to help with carbon emissions reduction. Whether you agree or disagree with his perspective, it is an important one to learn about! Enjoy the show! You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at [email protected], where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.
Inevitable · Jason Jacobs, Harry Saunders
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Show Notes
In today’s episode, we cover:
● The Rebound Effect and the ironic implications of improving energy efficiency
● Harry’s journey into Climate Change
● How Harry earned the moniker, “The Godfather of Rebound”
● Contention around rebound and its Climate implications
● Factoring in the welfare of those in developing countries and the plight of “energy poverty”
● The integral role of nuclear in any clean energy strategy
● Ecomodernism and the focus on GDP-driven solutions to Climate Change
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
● Decision Processes Incorporated: http://www.decisionprocessesinc.com/
● Khazzoom–Brookes postulate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazzoom%E2%80%93Brookes_postulate
● The Rebound Effect: https://blog.ucsusa.org/peter-oconnor/energy-efficiency-what-is-the-rebound-effect-946
● Amory Lovins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amory_Lovins
● Rocky Mountain Institute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Institute
● Ecomodernist Manifesto: http://www.ecomodernism.org/
● Environmental Kuznets Curve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve#Environmental_Kuznets_curve
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