Tom Nelson B.F. Randall: Fission nuclear energy: By far the best way to meet our energy needs | Pod #104
Nuclear Power = the single best solution for humanity's extensional and inter-related geopolitical, economic, and environmental problems. Mining + Energy = Life. John Moses Browning is one of my heroes.
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https://bfrandall.substack.com/
https://bfrandall.substack.com/p/3500-is-more-than-600
00:00 Introduction
02:36 David Ruzic's excellent videos
04:23 Nuclear plants last a long time; fuel costs are low
05:45 Generation 3 reactors
06:32 Re: nuclear power, we're not even scratching the surface
07:57 Natrium and Cal Abel
16:37 No place for wind and solar on the grid
17:35 Electricity is less than 20% of total energy consumption
20:04 Diesel and jet fuel do most of the work
22:23 "Antis" cause slow nuclear power builds
23:15 Astronomical new energy needs
24:46 Stuck in combustion
26:08 48k tons of uranium could have produced 5X 2020 world energy use
28:40 Nuclear success in France
34:16 No such thing as a nuclear energy lobby, except us
42:41 Clinton/Gore administration killed important nuclear program
45:23 Russia schooling us
48:17 Everyone should be anti- wind, solar, and batteries for grid power
49:15 Facebook/Google etc pretending that their data centers are wind-powered
54:06 Imagine a car with a random accelerator
55:51 Random Uber
01:01:18 Environmental groups being manipulated
01:02:10 Advocating for humanity
01:04:09 There are always tradeoffs
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