Isaiah Taylor
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We talked a little bit before about
I think before we started the cameras here about what does the future of energy look like?
Do we use all nuclear?
Do we continue using oil and gas?
A very contrarian thing that I believe is that I think that humanity continues to use hydrocarbons, right?
So we're talking about diesel, jet fuel, gasoline.
for a long time.
And in fact, I think that hydrocarbons are sort of the perfect fuel.
It's hard to imagine a better fuel than a hydrocarbon.
It's very dense.
It could be a liquid.
It's non-toxic.
It has elements you already find in the atmosphere.
It's one half of an oxidation reaction, which means the oxygen's already there.
So you only have to carry half of it.
Normally, with chemical energy, you need to carry two buckets around.
And then you mix the buckets, and you get heat.
Well, hydrocarbons, you only carry one bucket, because the other half of the bucket's in the air.
It's oxygen.
So it's sort of the perfect fuel that you could imagine.