Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Filmed at the Battle of Ideas festival 2023, this engaging panel heats up! It soon becomes clear there are definitely opposing sides in this informative debate.
There is wide agreement across politics, business and academia that climate change is a threat to humanity and that fossil fuels must be phased out. The most popular solution, it would seem, is to power society using renewable energy. BUT are renewables the answer to our energy needs? Can we solve the issues with storage? Should we pursue nuclear as well – or even instead? Are the costs of ditching fossil fuels simply too high? After opening remarks, this panel gets stuck in and so do the audience.
The speakers are:
Prof Dr Michaela Kendall - CEO, Adelan; UK Hydrogen Champion for Mission Innovation, UK Government
Simon Nash - environmentalist; speaker; activist and founder, Green Oil bicycle lubes
Dr Ralph Schoellhammer - commentator and podcaster; lecturer, Webster University Vienna and MCC Brussels
James Woudhuysen - visiting professor, forecasting and innovation, London South Bank University
The chair is: Rob Lyons - science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, AoI Economy Forum
This debate was filmed by volunteers working with Worldwrite. Please help ensure the charity is able to edit a further 32 debates by hitting the THANKS button above and donating whatever you can afford.
Filmed at the Battle of Ideas festival 2023, this engaging panel heats up! It soon becomes clear there are definitely opposing sides in this informative debate.
There is wide agreement across politics, business and academia that climate change is a threat to humanity and that fossil fuels must be phased out. The most popular solution, it would seem, is to power society using renewable energy. BUT are renewables the answer to our energy needs? Can we solve the issues with storage? Should we pursue nuclear as well – or even instead? Are the costs of ditching fossil fuels simply too high? After opening remarks, this panel gets stuck in and so do the audience.
The speakers are:
Prof Dr Michaela Kendall - CEO, Adelan; UK Hydrogen Champion for Mission Innovation, UK Government
Simon Nash - environmentalist; speaker; activist and founder, Green Oil bicycle lubes
Dr Ralph Schoellhammer - commentator and podcaster; lecturer, Webster University Vienna and MCC Brussels
James Woudhuysen - visiting professor, forecasting and innovation, London South Bank University
The chair is: Rob Lyons - science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, AoI Economy Forum
This debate was filmed by volunteers working with Worldwrite. Please help ensure the charity is able to edit a further 32 debates by hitting the THANKS button above and donating whatever you can afford.
