Zerocarbonista Podcast

Zerocarbonista is my podcast on climate, politics, and solutions. From building my first windmill in ‘96 to taking FGR vegan - it's all about the fight for a greener future.

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Reform’s Hat Trick and California’s slow food revolution | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E7

Dale joins Chris Packham and Feargal Sharkey in a protest. Reform perform for us all. An Israeli football club pulls a Prince Andrew… Octopus shows us it can count (beyond 8) and Ed gives the game away… fabulous woolly question from a fan and an X-rated ban. 00:00 - Penguins trapped in a basement 04:01 - Maccabi v Aston Villa 07:31 - Octopus knocks the government again 08:51 - Labour removing VAT on energy bills? 11:24 - Trio of Reform stories 15:21 - Gavin Newsom bans ultra processed foods from schools 18:04 - A replacement for wool? 21:11 - Is China a threat? 23:18 - Impacts of solar farms on land? ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

21 October 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 7

The Data says it’s Bollocks! | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E6

The Wealth Tax cometh, the Paris target is behind us - we go all ‘Cow in the Room’ with the Red Tractor in the dock, escaped salmon in the Loch and new life in concrete blocks. Dale pumps the Trump and our listeners tell us how the Dutch do it Over on X-rated corner the diss attempts fall flat as Dale put’s em straight - ain’t no bad thing being called a girl. 00:00 - No Dale's diary? 03:34 - Wealth tax is coming 06:40 - 2°C warming by 2050 7:59 - Social media spat with Richard Tice 09:17 - Concrete blocks in the North Sea? 11:10 - Lidl's plant based success 13:00 - Shocking cereal crops stat 14:12 - Red Tractor ads are misleading 17:16 - Dutch swear words 18:36 - How can Dale support Labour but oppose genocide? 20:36 - How do we balance out wealth? 22:41 - X-rated corner ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

17 October 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 6

So much Not to Panic about | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E5

This week - The invisible conference, King Coal dethroned and the green energy Six Pointer. Uncle Sam’s Fat Beardo problem and Blair’s new war zone gig. Farage makes Dale an offer - while members plan green energy investment. We ask, is Octopus the new mouthpiece of the right and this Jenrick bloke - litter picking in Brum? We find sanity in our listener questions….and fun in X Rated corner. 00:00 - It's conference season 03:07 - Jenrick's race comment 04:43 - The Green conference 07:58 - Green energy on the rise 10:44 - Trump and Hegseth 12:28 - A spat with Octopus 16:09 - Tony Blair 18:46 - Dale joining Reform? 21:08 - Reform voters back green investments 22:51 - Any active campaigns to break the link? 25:16 - Effects of rising strike price for offshore wind? 26:55 - Why not rooftop solar panels? 28:26 - CfDs in the North Sea 29:12 - X-rated corner ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

9 October 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 5

The Giga Poll, a cup of tea with Maggie and some tears | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E4

The Giga Poll launches at an Endurance event - it's what Britain really thinks. Along with social media fun on a ladder - the green economy in one minute and Dale’s view on Keir’s speech – oh and why the public is pissed off. A cup of tea with Margaret Thatcher stuns the Daily Telegraph. And Full Metal Ed ends it all with a bang. Meanwhile - Palestine is a country..who knew – Dale recounts the event, heckles Jezza who has a snappy comeback and leaves in tears. Ian shares the etymology of Tosspot, while we explore a suitable collective noun for our new diss term ‘Musk’ - VAT, Ecotalk, Zack Polanski and Trump are the icing on the cake on the nutty fruit cake…..this one is chock full…. 00:00 - Labour Party Conference 15:04 - Zack Polanski's new podcast 16:28 - UK's recognition of Palestine 18:27 - Trump's speech at the UN 21:32 - Collective noun for a group of Musks? 23:09 - Advice for someone feeling helpless? 23:51 - Advice on being asked to remove Palestinian flag? 25:29 - X-rated corner ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

2 October 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 4

A Bunch of Musks | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E3

Fake news on the left and the right - Dale is a Driller? - Apt when the Leader of the Fact Free world is in town, C4 blows him up - but is he such a bad man...? Dale gets philosophical about the medicine of football and the origin of slurs - and trumps genitals and the animal kingdom. Listeners take us back to grass for food, plant based populism and energy while X-Rated Corner never disappoints... 00:00 - Dale's in a boat 01:17 - Dodgy journalism from the Telegraph and the Guardian 08:48 - Greg Jackson wants to drill 10:45 - The One Show at Forest Green Rovers 13:54 - Right wing nut of the week: Elon Musk 17:14 - Epstein problems 18:32 - Dale's new swear word 20:00 - UN says Israel is committing genocide 22:43 - Channel 4's Trump documentary 24:52 - The huge costs of privatisation 25:49 - Climate deaths 27:49 - Grass food questions 31:43 - Renewable providers deliberately bidding low? 33:53 - X-rated corner ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

18 September 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 3

Doctor Doctor... | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E2

Football as medicine, a revelation from Dale and rejection from Reform, Farage meanwhile gets the spoon and we ask if he's dodging tax… China tops the league and Dale wants to save the North Sea, great questions from listeners - green populism and food and parcels of energy, while on X-rated corner we’ve some odd ideas about grass and cows… 00:00 - Dale banned from the Reform Conference 04:57 - The Political Purpose Awards 06:04 - The One Show coming to FGR 06:55 - Dale is a doctor? 08:33 - We need to protect North Sea jobs? 11:30 - Right wing nut of the week: Nigel Farage 14:04 - China twice as Green as the rest? 17:28 - Dirty air 20:39 - Angela Rayner resigns 22:48 - Should Govt offer sales of renewable energy parcels? 24:21 - The populist way to sell The Cow in the Room? 27:38 - X-rated corner ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

11 September 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 2

Green Populism - what is it? Nobody knows… | Zerocarbonista Podcast S7E01

Green Populism - what is it? Nobody knows… Trump might say that but Dale knows. And it’s in the news this week. Meanwhile Farage speaks out for Angie, or does he, Badenoch’s backstory looks bogus, Stroud has a new flag poll, Reform clamps down on free speech. Robbie Savage sets FGR on fire. And our X rated corner friends have their usual obsessions. Welcome to the new season - Don’t Panic. 00:00 - The start of a new season 02:24 - Zack Polanski: the new Green Party leader 06:32 - What is Green Populism? 09:40 - Angie and Farage 11:55 - Reform ban journalists 13:34 - Dale at the Reform conference 16:36 - Kemi's fibs 20:37 - Musk's White Power Company 22:53 - The flag poll 25:41 - Robbie Savage brought fun back to FGR 26:57 - X-rated corner ------------ Green Industrialist. Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, BritWind, Devil’s Kitchen & Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. UN Climate Change Champion Follow me on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealdalevince Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalevince/ X: https://x.com/DaleVince LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalevince/

4 September 2025 / Dale Vince

Series 7 / Episode 1

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