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#248: Fragile electrical grids, unreliable energy lobby, nuclear FUD, and common sense with Meredith Angwin

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Episode • May 4, 2021 • 1h 8m

Join Marty as he sits down with Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid, to discuss:

- The fragility of grids

- Misconceptions around electric grids

- Energy mix

- What's happening in Texas and California?

- Why nuclear is important

- How data is manipulated to push special interests

- How we can fix our grids

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