October 6, 2023· 63 min

Jigar Shah on the Pathway to Clean, Cheap, and Abundant Energy

Jigar Shah

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,466 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(879 words)

M:29%

GuestJigar Shah(9,748 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic16%

literally, completely, basically

Engagement78%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, right

Repetition100%

like (271x), right (188x), know (148x)

Parallelism95%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So we traveled to Austin, Texa..., And then this was sort of like...

Sound Patterns100%

227 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases5%

you know what, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%

may, might, fairly

Passive Voice6%

was passed, been authorized, was started

Abstract Nouns16%

investment, recommendation, department

Subordination4%

because, while, unless

Sentence Length31%

Avg: 12.6 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style22%

1001 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style79%

literally, completely, early

Description

Jigar Shah is the head of the Loan Programs Office at the Department of Energy and thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, he has hundreds of billions of dollars to lend to companies to accelerate the commercialization of clean energy technologies. The office has already been extremely active over the past year, and there's lots more to come. In this special episode of the podcast that was recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, we discuss his office's strategy and what it will take to achieve the clean, cheap energy system that so many people want. We also discuss specific industries, including nuclear power, and what it will take to build momentum towards more deployment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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