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Gregg Braden

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

During the Manhattan Project, when they did the crash program for the weapon, they went through the periodic table to find out what elements could possibly be used to create the energy.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

And they chose uranium because the byproduct was the plutonium that they needed for the weapons and for the nuclear reactors.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

But it's not the only element that would work.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

Element number 90 is thorium.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

Thorium is abundant in the Earth's crust.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

Almost every nation has access to it, so it's very easy to get.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

It cannot melt down like a Fukushima.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

It cannot be weaponized, which is one of the reasons that they're not using it.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

The waste can become the new fuel.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

It can be recycled as the fuel.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

Thorium element number 90.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

And if you look it up, this is why Wikipedia is a problem.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

If you look up Wikipedia and some of these other things, they'll say, well, it's theoretical.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

We had thorium reactors back in the 80s.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

China, Russia, the United States had them.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2387 - Gregg Braden

In Colorado, there was an Indian River facility that was largely run on โ€“ it's called thorium salts is what they were doing.