Professor Sarah Kurtz, former senior research fellow at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and now a professor at the University of California Merced, sits down with guest host Rebecca Saive and Sebastian Husein to chat about all-things energy related.
Listen to her take on what the "coolest" photovoltaic tech is, how she feels about her electric car, and how we need to challenge our conventional ways of thinking in multiple areas, including world population growth and even the relationship between renewable advocates and fossil fuel companies.

Extra watching:
A New Era for Solar by Sarah Kurtz

Extra reading:
Main Figure comparing maintenance costs of "light duty vehicles" (LDV):
Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEV)
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HV, electric motor assists combustion engine)
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV, can be driven fully by the electric motor for a limited range, <40 miles typically, has a combustion engine)
Battery Electric Vehicles (battery only; no combustion engine)
The full study can be read here by clicking "View Technical Report"

Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean and Furious Freak by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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