E55: How to Tackle the Climate Crisis - Rajeshwar Bachu (Frontier #11))

Rajeshwar is passionate climate advocate and entrepreneur, having founded green streaming service Zero-Carbon, battery research company High-LES, and climate community 42hacks. 🌱 He offers top insights into how we can reverse the current climate crisis.

In episode 55 we cover - his climate startups, why different geographies need different climate solutions, localized & tailored climate solutions, the problems with resource-hungry data centers, global water shortages, climate solutions for the global south, the AI hype cycle and its implications, the future energy mix, climate policy from governments, the POV of the climate investor, the current state of the battery industry, battery supply chains, battery geopolitics, and what keeps Rajeshwar personally motivated.

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Rajeshwar's companies:
https://zero-carbon.de/
https://batchurajeshwer763.wixsite./highles
https://www.42hacks.com/

Connect with Rajeshwar here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bachu-rajeshwar/
Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/

00:00 Intro to Rajeshwar
02:13 Rajeshwar's startup Zero-Carbon
06:59 Geographical climate solutions & which climate solutions to tackle
14:00 Africa's climate solutions; tackling corruption; solar projects
17:11 Energy mix; solar, nuclear, hydrogen policy; localized solutions
25:53 Hardware solutions to the energy crisis; startups & VCs; the 'green premium'
33:04 The AI hype cycle; generative AI
37:33 Batteries; Rajeshwar's startup; recycling; mining; supply chains; government policy
46:37 How do I know when to quit as a founder

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