Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey (Television documentary) 3/9/2014

[Gwynplaine]

So I was at Star Talk Live! last night in NYC, Neil was there of course (hosts) as well as Bobby Kennedy Jr., who's a big environmental lawyer.

Bobby mentioned a stat that solar energy plants/infrastructure costs something like $3bil/Gig to install, the same as Coal/Oil. The difference is Coal/Oil you have to go find the actual product and buy it, refine it, ship it, etc. Not sure how accurate that is, but he was painting it like setting up NEW infrastructure, solar is the same cost as Coal/Oil, without needing a constant source of resource.

And the fact that solar and wind energy can't be stored and so it's not a viable energy on a large industrial scale.

[Cantih]

And the fact that solar and wind energy can't be stored and so it's not a viable energy on a large industrial scale.

Actually
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy...torage_methods

[Kuya]

Btw gwyn is a libertarian.

[Sqwunk]

Felt like he also could have at least touched on the fact the clear cutting the rain forest is another big reason why carbon is increasing in the atmosphere. Need them trees to store the carbon.

Same for the expanding deserts. Though one of the last scenes showed the brown on Earth changing to green, I guess that is at least a small wink towards both of those problems.

[Correction]

I won't lie, I choked up a little hearing Sagan's voice at the end.

[Cantih]

My cheeks are damp tbh.

[Athas]

Carl's bit on the pale blue dot is one of my favorite quotes.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...er-d34kbgg.png

[Cantih]

Sorry for the false hope bump, but this is a pretty nice bit of related news.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-gets-a-761680

The astrophysicist and TV personality, who fronted Cosmos in 2014, has nabbed a late-night series on National Geographic Channel called Star Talk.

[Viq]

Isn't that the name of his podcast too?

[Vagrant]

Isn't that the name of his podcast too?

Yes it is