January 24, 2020· 40 min
Why The Transition To Clean Energy Is Happening A Lot Faster Than People Realize
Orality
Model
72%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,833 words)
M:29%
HostTracy Alloway(739 words)
M:28%
GuestGregor Macdonald(3,689 words)
M:92%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic36%
literally, completely, crazy
Engagement59%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, right
Repetition100%
about (45x), it's (44x), think (41x)
Parallelism99%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And, of course, there are a lo..., So we've done our job....
Sound Patterns37%
25 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases9%
i mean, if you will, so to speak
Literate Indicators
Hedging13%
could, might, may
Passive Voice3%
were issued, is associated, been reached
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, recommendation, moment
Subordination7%
because, since, although
Sentence Length51%
Avg: 17.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style41%
391 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style89%
literally, completely, lately
Description
At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, there was a lot of talk about the need to change the world's energy usage in order to address climate change. While it's easy to get cynical about business leaders and politicians talking about sustainability on a mountaintop in Switzerland, it turns out that a lot is already happening right now. On the latest Odd Lots episode, we speak with journalist and analyst Gregor Macdonald, the editor of The Gregor Letter, about what's actually happening on the ground. And why the transition to renewable energy is happening fast, even in the absence of aggressive government subsidies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.