Jordan Peterson
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So what's the impediment being to small modular nuclear, given that we've actually had it since, when was the first nuclear submarine produced?
We've had small reactors for a very long period of time. Yeah, it's like water. I know people are afraid of nuclear for, well, because of nuclear bombs, and so fair enough. But the bomb and the nuclear plant aren't the same thing. And I know these new plants, the thorium plants, are radically safe, fundamentally.
We've had small reactors for a very long period of time. Yeah, it's like water. I know people are afraid of nuclear for, well, because of nuclear bombs, and so fair enough. But the bomb and the nuclear plant aren't the same thing. And I know these new plants, the thorium plants, are radically safe, fundamentally.
We've had small reactors for a very long period of time. Yeah, it's like water. I know people are afraid of nuclear for, well, because of nuclear bombs, and so fair enough. But the bomb and the nuclear plant aren't the same thing. And I know these new plants, the thorium plants, are radically safe, fundamentally.
Yes, right.
Yes, right.
Yes, right.
Well, that's a feature, not a bug to stop them from having children. Bjorn Lomborg estimated that each additional mouth on the planet produces four times as much as it consumes. That's the average. So the notion that not having children is good for the planet isn't a very wise notion. Maybe it depends what you do with the children.
Well, that's a feature, not a bug to stop them from having children. Bjorn Lomborg estimated that each additional mouth on the planet produces four times as much as it consumes. That's the average. So the notion that not having children is good for the planet isn't a very wise notion. Maybe it depends what you do with the children.
Well, that's a feature, not a bug to stop them from having children. Bjorn Lomborg estimated that each additional mouth on the planet produces four times as much as it consumes. That's the average. So the notion that not having children is good for the planet isn't a very wise notion. Maybe it depends what you do with the children.
Well, clean water to drink and sufficient food is 95 plus plumbing. That's 95% of the health problem solved.
Well, clean water to drink and sufficient food is 95 plus plumbing. That's 95% of the health problem solved.
Well, clean water to drink and sufficient food is 95 plus plumbing. That's 95% of the health problem solved.
That's also a solvable technological problem.
That's also a solvable technological problem.
That's also a solvable technological problem.
Again- Depends on what else you have to worry about.
Again- Depends on what else you have to worry about.
Again- Depends on what else you have to worry about.
Burning dung natural gas is not going to be that much of a problem.