David Roberts does not have an EE degree and misunderstands anything related to power system operations. Great for positive vibes and LCOE parading tho.
replyYou could try using arguments instead of an appeal to authority fallacy?
replyGood 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.
replyWhat does "LCOE" stand for?
replyLevelized cost of electricity. All the costs that go into producing from a given source (capex and opex) divided by the total power generated.
reply> All the costs that go into producing from a given source (capex and opex) divided by the total power generated
reply... total energy generated.
Good catch! One of my own biggest pet peeves too
replyPerhaps Low Cost Of Electricity?
replyI'm not asking for guesses thank you (especially if they turn out to be incorrect).
replyYour sibling comment is right. It stands for Levelized Cost Of Electricity.
replyelaborate
replyI'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.
reply> David Roberts does not have an EE degree
replyElon 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?