{"podcast":{"title":"Climate Economics with Fexingo: Carbon Pricing, Green Policy, and Sustainability Costs","slug":"climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781","podcast_index_feed_id":7871781,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":119,"summary":"Lucas and Luna break down the real economics behind carbon pricing, green policy, and the hidden costs of sustainability. Each episode examines a specific mechanism — from EU ETS permit prices to the impact of US Inflation Reduction Act subsidies on corporate balance sheets — and traces how these policies ripple through energy markets, manufacturing, and consumer prices. Lucas brings the numbers and institutional context (how the World Bank's carbon pricing dashboard works, what the Social Cost of Carbon actually measures), while Luna pushes for the practical implications: does a €50 carbon tax actually change behavior? What happens when a steel plant in Germany faces both emission costs and Chinese competition? The show serves investors, policy analysts, and business leaders who need to understand climate-related financial risk without the activism or greenwashing. Listeners walk away able to parse a carbon offset market, evaluate a company's net-zero roadmap, and spot the difference between a real price signal and a political slogan. How do you put a number on a ton of carbon — and who pays when that number is wrong? #CarbonPricing #GreenPolicy #SustainabilityCosts #EUETS #Infla…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:19:03.667812+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781"},"episode":{"title":"Why Green Hydrogen Is Stuck in a Cost Trap","slug":"why-green-hydrogen-is-stuck-in-a-cost-trap","published_at":"2026-07-15T19:28:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/why-green-hydrogen-is-stuck-in-a-cost-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0113.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0113.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna unpack the stubborn economics of green hydrogen — why production costs aren't falling as fast as optimists predicted, and what the U.S. Treasury's updated 45V tax credit guidance in late 2025 means for project financing. They examine the specific case of a planned 200-megawatt electrolyzer facility in Texas that was paused in Q1 2026 because its internal rate of return dipped below 6 percent after the rules tightened. The hosts also discuss how developers are pivoting to hybrid 'blue-then-green' pathways, and why the Biden-era clean hydrogen hubs face a cost-per-kilogram reality check. No hype — just the numbers and the policy knots that need untangling. #GreenHydrogen #CleanHydrogen #45V #TaxCredit #HydrogenHubs #Electrolyzer #CostTrap #LevelizedCost #BlueHydrogen #ClimatePolicy #TreasuryGuidance #DOE #ProjectFinance #TexasHydrogen #Economics #EnergyTransition #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna unpack the stubborn economics of green hydrogen — why production costs aren't falling as fast as optimists predicted, and what the U.S. Tre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":606,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/episodes/why-green-hydrogen-is-stuck-in-a-cost-trap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/why-green-hydrogen-is-stuck-in-a-cost-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}