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Episode 512 Scott Adams: Pro-Nuclear Environmentalist and Expert Michael Shellenberger
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April 30, 2019
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57:17Now PlayingGuest: Michael Shellenberger, nuclear power expert, environmentalist
France: 75% nuclear powered, less pollution created, lower costs
Germany: No nuclear, 50% higher energy costs, more pollution
Sunless, windless days make those alternative possibilities unreliable
Both require 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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