Host Daniel Raimi talks with Robert Bonnie, Rubinstein fellow at Duke University. Bonnie is an expert on many things, but in this episode, he talks about the role that forests play in energy, climate change, and more. Raimi asks Bonnie about the past, present, and future of wood energy in the United States and globally, and what role forests might play in helping to achieve deep decarbonization goals. They also talk about the challenges that this issue raises, including developing markets to incentivize reforestation, land use competition, and much more.

References and recommendations:

"Boom Town" by Sam Anderson; https://buff.ly/2NCsCQb

"Between Two Fires" by Stephen Pine; https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/between-two-fires

"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari; https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens/