Episode 512 Scott Adams: PART 1 Pro-Nuclear Environmentalist and Expert Michael Shellenberger

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Guest: Michael Shellenberger, nuclear power expert, environmentalist
France: 75% nuclear powered, less pollution created, lower costs
Germany: Abandoned nuclear, 50% higher energy costs, more pollution
Sunless, windless days make those alternative possibilities unreliable

Both requires batteries, lots and lots of batteries
Environmental cost of batteries
Unreliable producers of energy


Michael Shellenberger: We should stick with and develop

light water cooled nuclear solutions, not Gen IV


Bill Gates has embraced Gen IV research and development

12 startups are pursuing Gen IV technology


Nuclear energy is promoted as safer, cleaner than coal

Congressional support for development is bipartisan


Climate change people fear that more than nuclear concerns

If you’re pro-science, nuclear power is the best known answer
Solar and wind will NEVER provide world’s power needs

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