Carbon Reduction

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[00:02:14] - [First question] - Climate change as a result of the inertia of capital

[00:03:44] - Financing a capital stock transformation for decarbonization

[00:05:22] - Decreasing dependence on legacy tech to mitigate humankind’s energy debt

[00:08:32] - System of incentives to use and invest in clean technology

[00:10:59] - Banks and debt financiers getting into the climate effort

[00:12:46] - How Watershed’s individual corporate customers approach decarbonization

[00:15:30] - Complexity and recent progress in the decarbonization industry

[00:18:25] - How more effective energy will accelerate decarbonization of supply chains

[00:20:58] - Surprising cost curves for various clean energy processes

[00:24:16] - Energy solutions for the most energy-intensive applications

[00:26:44] - The impact on corporations’ balance sheets and stakeholders

[00:29:49] - Why sophisticated companies are needed to drive the decarbonization transition

[00:31:46] - How companies measure and then modify their carbon footprints

[00:35:00] - Companies are getting serious about climate issues in the past year

[00:37:29] - Capital flowing to tech niches and the problem of infrastructure regulation

[00:40:35] - Digital tools for decarbonization projects

[00:42:43] - How new businesses approach the climate issue from inception

[00:44:39] - Structure of Watershed’s buyer entities

[00:46:53] - Why people and businesses say no to Watershed

[00:48:55] - Perspectives across Watershed’s global markets 

[00:51:36] - The most worrisome aspects of the climate crisis

[00:53:26] - Simplicity in the complex domain of climate change

[00:54:39] - The overall sentiment towards the climate movement 

[00:57:37] - Forces that antagonize the climate movement

[00:59:25] - An exemplary case study of Apple’s climate work