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David Roberts does not have an EE degree and misunderstands anything related to power system operations. Great for positive vibes and LCOE parading tho.

• 0cf8612b2e1e 1mo ago
  Good thing he just interviews the technical experts who do. He more or less just gives people in the energy industry a megaphone to discuss the things they are doing.
• red-iron-pine 1mo ago
  elaborate
  • sanderjd 1mo ago
    I'm way less skeptical of Roberts than the parent commenter appears to be, but IMO he is more of a policy person than an engineering person. I still find the podcast very useful, with this lens in mind. There are other podcasts that get deeper into the engineering substance, and it's totally ok for different things to have different emphases.
• dataengineer56 1mo ago
  What does "LCOE" stand for?
  • stoneman24 1mo ago
    Perhaps Low Cost Of Electricity?
    • cinntaile 1mo ago
      Your sibling comment is right. It stands for Levelized Cost Of Electricity.
    • dataengineer56 1mo ago
      I'm not asking for guesses thank you (especially if they turn out to be incorrect).
      • stoneman24 1mo ago
        I stand corrected and educated.
  • collinmcnulty 1mo ago
    Levelized cost of electricity. All the costs that go into producing from a given source (capex and opex) divided by the total power generated.
    • danans 1mo ago
      > All the costs that go into producing from a given source (capex and opex) divided by the total power generated ... total energy generated.
      • collinmcnulty 1mo ago
        Good catch! One of my own biggest pet peeves too
• cinntaile 1mo ago
  You could try using arguments instead of an appeal to authority fallacy?
• triceratops 1mo ago
  > David Roberts does not have an EE degree Elon Musk doesn't have an automotive or aeronautical engineering degree. People can understand work they don't have a degree in. > misunderstands anything related to power system operations Do you have some examples?