First hour: Understanding our electric grid
Second hour: Brian Alexander, author of Glass House
Quick question: how much power in New York State comes from carbon sources? How much comes from wind? How much from nuclear? And how vulnerable is our grid? There are massive questions about how to bring new sources of energy to New Yorkers, and how the grid can -- or can't -- accommodate it. The New York Times recently published a story about this challenge, and the ways our power arrives at our homes. We'll explore it with the author and one of her primary sources for the piece:
- Emily Rueb, New York Times reporter
- Suzanne Hunt, Hunt Green LLC
- Jim Gallagher, New York State Smart Grid Consortium
Brian Alexander set out to write a book about how modern corporate culture destroyed his hometown of Lancaster, Ohio. What he ended up finding was a town reeling from corporate raiders, but still proud to vote for Donald Trump -- who has hired one of the men who helped gut the town's biggest employer, Anchor Hocking. It's the story of white working class America, struggling to maintain its identity as longtime jobs disappear. Alexander will tell us what he learned in his research, and what lessons we all might draw from his book, Glass House.