Clean energy
Subject in Earth Sciences
Clean energy has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Elizabeth DunnSocial psychologist and happiness researcher at the University of British Columbia, co-author of Leave the Lights On
Dunn says running an air conditioner for a week emits about eight pounds of carbon in Vermont versus a thousand pounds in Wyoming.
“You're going to emit a thousand pounds of carbon. So the weight of a full grown horse, right?”
TED Radio Hour: Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate action (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 43:31
Dunn says that, per Zhao's calculation, leaving the lights on in her clean-energy condo for life would equal the emissions of 13 hamburgers.
“I could leave the lights on in my two-bedroom condo for the rest of my life. And the carbon emissions cost would be equivalent to eating 13 hamburgers”
TED Radio Hour: Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate action (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 2:09
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate actionTED Radio Hour · Sep 4, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn about climate actions that also increase happiness, featuring co-author Jiaying Zhao's TED Talk.