Today, Matt is joined by Dan Miller - Managing Director of The Roda Group and host of Climate Chat on YouTube - for a wide-ranging conversation on the economics of the energy transition and the 2026 race for California Governor. Dan explains why renewables are already cheaper than fossil fuels (a Harvard study attributes 8 million deaths a year to fossil fuel pollution), why EVs will replace gas cars the same way cars replaced horses, the $7 trillion governments still spend each year subsidizing fossil fuels, and why AI's energy hunger is one of the biggest threats to climate progress. Dan also makes the case for endorsing Tom Steyer for California Governor - drawing on Steyer's book Cheaper, Faster, Better and his plan to take on the state's utility monopolies.
Watch Climate Chat on YouTube: youtube.com/@climatechat
Learn more about The Roda Group: rodagroup.com
Read Tom Steyer's Cheaper, Faster, Better: bit.ly/4dEbZHK
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Dan Miller Bio:
Dan Miller is the Managing Director and co-founder of The Roda Group, a Berkeley-based venture capital firm focused on climate solutions. He is also Senior Advisor to Starshot Capital, serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of PRIME Coalition's Azolla Fund, and is host of the Climate Chat YouTube channel. He was a member of the Biden–Harris energy and environment policy committee prior to the 2020 election, and has collaborated with climate scientist James Hansen on carbon pricing policy.
Episode Resources
- The Roda Group: rodagroup.com
- Climate Chat on YouTube: youtube.com/@climatechat
- Tom Steyer for Governor: tomsteyer.com
- Cheaper, Faster, Better by Tom Steyer: Amazon
- A Climate Change on Apple: https://bit.ly/accapplepodcast
- A Climate Change on Spotify: https://bit.ly/accspotifypodcast
- A Climate Change on YouTube: https://bit.ly/ACCvids
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