Staying Warm Data with Nora Bateson

Winter has come - and for some people it’s colder and more expensive than the recent past. This week Nate reconnects with Nora Bateson to discuss how she and others living in Sweden are responding to the phenomenal spike in their electricity costs, which are currently 35-40x higher than this time last year.  What steps are people taking in their own homes to stay warm and reduce energy use, and what tools and support is the government providing its citizens?  Is there any single event or person to blame for the drastic increase in energy costs or is the root cause broad and deep within the systems we have created?   What can we learn from this dress rehearsal as we anticipate and prepare for The Great Simplification?

00:09 - Nuclear fusion news

00:25 - Nora Bateson, Warm Data + TGS Episode

00:27 - Electric prices in Sweden skyrocketing

02:46 - Sweden’s electricity production mix

04:20 - Sweden’s reimbursement plan

08:12 - Avg american household has 60 things plugged in all the time using energy 

11:40 - Angela Merkel 

11:49 - Sweden selling power to the EU 

12:28 - Electric companies making record profits

12:42 - Unexpected nuclear plant maintenance shut down

13:59 - EU energy export laws

14:20 - Sweden relatively energy independent

21:43 - Force Majeure

23:18 - Loss Aversion

27:11 - Margaret Thatcher

27:34 - Syria’s grain cut off from Russia

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