“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”
Assaad Razzouk is the author of “Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit” published by Atlantic Books and in bookstores from 1 September 2022.
Assaad Razzouk is the author of “Saving the Climate Without the Bullshit” published by Atlantic Books and in bookstores from
1 September 2022.
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Podcasts
Episode 106
The haze currently (and regularly) choking Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Indonesia is not weather, it’s a business model. Drained peat swamps are worth more torched than wet, and 9 out of 10 people killed by the smoke are Indonesians. In this episode, The Angry Clean Energy Guy shatters the tired regional blame game, exposes why cross-border lawsuits stall while polluters file for bankruptcy, reviews the global fight for forests, and lays out the roadmap to replace the “fire economy” with clean Electrotech. Wires will eat the reason to burn the peat.
Episode 105
We need to talk about Physical AI, the most lethal oil- and fossil-fuel-killing engine ever built. Data centers are just the warm-up act. Autonomous trucks, factories, and robots will draw over 6,200 TWh annually. Thinking is cheap; moving atoms isn’t. Only solar, wind, and batteries can scale to power it.
Episode 104
The Angry Clean Energy Guy on data centers and why they’re actually the ultimate dual-purpose warriors of the modern era. They are not just the vital digital substations acting as the nodes connecting the world. When coupled with on-site batteries, they operate as physical grid substations that actively stabilize the network and allow clean, green electrons to flow more freely and in far greater quantities than ever before.
The episode also addresses the hysteria surrounding their land and water consumption, explaining how they use next to no water compared to other massive industrial and agricultural users; why they will unlock the ability to power ultra-low-cost desalination plants; and how they hardly use any land at all. It’s a 25-minute reality check on why data centers are accelerating, rather than hindering, the massive clean energy transformation underway around the world.