Dr. Tsipouridis: Too Little, Too Late? Fossil Subsidies & the Fight for Renewables.

 

Tangelic Talks: The Intersection of Energy, Equity, and Empowerment

🌍 Is it too little, too late to save the planet? In this bold episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Jensen Cummings speak with Dr. Ioannis Tsipouridis, a global pioneer of renewable energy and longtime climate advocate, about the failures of fossil fuel policy, the urgency of action, and the future of clean energy in the Global South.

 

With over 45 years of experience—from building Greece’s first wind farms to driving solar initiatives in Kenya—Dr. Tsipouridis shares hard truths about fossil fuel subsidies, greenwashing, and what we must do now to avert climate collapse.

 

 Too Little, Too Late? Climate Truths, Fossil Subsidies & the Fight for Renewables

 

 🎙️ Episode Highlights:

💸 $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies—and why we’re still drilling

🌞 The real potential of solar energy (and why we’ve barely tapped it)

⚠️ Why COP conferences fail—and who benefits from the delays

 🌍 Green colonialism & the myth of the “just transition”

⚖️ Loss & damage funding: Who should pay for climate chaos?

 🧪 Science denial, political resistance & the war on facts

🌱 Advice for young climate leaders fighting systemic inaction

 

🔹 About Our Guest: Dr. Ioannis Tsipouridis is a chemical engineer and renewable energy expert with 45+ years of experience across Europe and Africa. He’s led wind and solar projects, co-founded the Wind Energy Association of Greece, and currently supports climate education and clean energy development in Kenya.

 

 📌 Timestamps:

00:00–01:02 Too Little, Too Late?

A Grim Start to the Climate Reality

01:03–02:52 Meet Dr. Tsipouridis: From Fossil Fuels to Solar Pioneer

02:53–04:46 Why Solar Made Sense in the '70s—and Still Does Today

 04:47–07:12 Who’s Holding Us Back? Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Markets & Politics

07:13–09:37 Climate Crisis is Now: COP, 1.5°C, and the Window That’s Closing

 09:38–12:00 Wind Energy in Greece & Lessons from the Early Renewable Push

12:01–15:22 Fighting Pseudoscience: Ice Cubes, Misinformation & Lost Trust

15:23–18:13 Kenya & the Global South: Power, Passion, But No Money

18:14–22:03 The 100% Renewable Possibility—Why It’s Logical and Necessary

22:04–29:56 From Just Transition to Loss & Damage: Equity, Justice, and Hope

29:57–30:31 Final Statement and Closing

 

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