#296 Some Companies Will Print Money When Climate Disasters Happen | Darren Clifford | Adapt[us]

00:00 – Intro & The core thesis: Will climate disasters create more unicorns? 03:08 – Why WRI reports and "social benefits" don't open wallets. 04:20 – Mitigation vs. Adaptation: Doing what we should vs. what we will. 07:24 – The Wildfire Problem: Why a massive disaster isn't always a scalable, investable market. 10:08 – Cloud Seeding & Geoengineering: Why all solutions must be on the table. 13:55 – The Inflation Connection: How the average person actually experiences climate change. 16:00 – Bactery: Building the world's most resilient, soil-based power generators. 20:49 – The "Evil VC" Persona: Using capitalism and profits for ultimate good. 30:58 – The B2B Sales Challenge: How to successfully commercialize "loss avoidance." 46:18 – Why we need to break things: Defending air conditioning and rejecting "Net Zero" purity. 54:07 – Controversial Takes: Why the AI software bubble is uninvestable. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.climatecowboys.co/subscribe