Scott Tinker

And then we went from 1 billion people to 8.3 billion people in a couple hundred years. The hydrocarbon age kicked off. Then oil, again, carbon and hydrogen, natural gas, mostly methane, or mostly hydrogen and methane.

And then we went from 1 billion people to 8.3 billion people in a couple hundred years. The hydrocarbon age kicked off. Then oil, again, carbon and hydrogen, natural gas, mostly methane, or mostly hydrogen and methane.

And then we went from 1 billion people to 8.3 billion people in a couple hundred years. The hydrocarbon age kicked off. Then oil, again, carbon and hydrogen, natural gas, mostly methane, or mostly hydrogen and methane.

So this was the accelerator of human development because now we had an energy source that could do useful work for us and humans didn't have to labor and toil ourselves or with a plow animal of some kind.

So this was the accelerator of human development because now we had an energy source that could do useful work for us and humans didn't have to labor and toil ourselves or with a plow animal of some kind.

So this was the accelerator of human development because now we had an energy source that could do useful work for us and humans didn't have to labor and toil ourselves or with a plow animal of some kind.

At least, in the rich world. Yeah, in the rich world. So think about density. We've gone from that. Coal is denser by weight. Oil, denser still. Natural gas, by weight, denser still. And then the magic uranium and thorium radioactive elements come along, and they have a density per unit weight a million times more than wood.

At least, in the rich world. Yeah, in the rich world. So think about density. We've gone from that. Coal is denser by weight. Oil, denser still. Natural gas, by weight, denser still. And then the magic uranium and thorium radioactive elements come along, and they have a density per unit weight a million times more than wood.

At least, in the rich world. Yeah, in the rich world. So think about density. We've gone from that. Coal is denser by weight. Oil, denser still. Natural gas, by weight, denser still. And then the magic uranium and thorium radioactive elements come along, and they have a density per unit weight a million times more than wood.

A million times. Yeah. So... All a nuclear reactor does when you put, I say all, you put little uranium pellets that are about a centimeter tall, I've held them, you know, that wide, stuff them into these fuel rods, you activate them, basically you split those things, fission, and that creates a bunch of heat. And those are sitting in a...

A million times. Yeah. So... All a nuclear reactor does when you put, I say all, you put little uranium pellets that are about a centimeter tall, I've held them, you know, that wide, stuff them into these fuel rods, you activate them, basically you split those things, fission, and that creates a bunch of heat. And those are sitting in a...

A million times. Yeah. So... All a nuclear reactor does when you put, I say all, you put little uranium pellets that are about a centimeter tall, I've held them, you know, that wide, stuff them into these fuel rods, you activate them, basically you split those things, fission, and that creates a bunch of heat. And those are sitting in a...

Pool of water, the water starts to boil, make steam, turn a turbine, run a generator. It's just a different source of heat than burning coal or burning natural gas or burning oil to make electricity. Different source of heat. And by the way, the sun at the towers, that's heat too. All that's doing is boiling water with a bunch of mirrors.

Pool of water, the water starts to boil, make steam, turn a turbine, run a generator. It's just a different source of heat than burning coal or burning natural gas or burning oil to make electricity. Different source of heat. And by the way, the sun at the towers, that's heat too. All that's doing is boiling water with a bunch of mirrors.

Pool of water, the water starts to boil, make steam, turn a turbine, run a generator. It's just a different source of heat than burning coal or burning natural gas or burning oil to make electricity. Different source of heat. And by the way, the sun at the towers, that's heat too. All that's doing is boiling water with a bunch of mirrors.

So along comes uranium and thorium and nuclear, and this changes things. We can do a tremendous amount of work. Let me give the listeners a feel for that density in that little uranium pellet. there's enough energy contained in there to the equivalent energy to drive my car from New York to LA, back to Dallas, one pellet. Think of the gasoline that would take a lot and gasoline is very dense.

So along comes uranium and thorium and nuclear, and this changes things. We can do a tremendous amount of work. Let me give the listeners a feel for that density in that little uranium pellet. there's enough energy contained in there to the equivalent energy to drive my car from New York to LA, back to Dallas, one pellet. Think of the gasoline that would take a lot and gasoline is very dense.

So along comes uranium and thorium and nuclear, and this changes things. We can do a tremendous amount of work. Let me give the listeners a feel for that density in that little uranium pellet. there's enough energy contained in there to the equivalent energy to drive my car from New York to LA, back to Dallas, one pellet. Think of the gasoline that would take a lot and gasoline is very dense.

Think of, so you start to extrapolate, this is the energy density, certain forms of energy just won the physics game, uranium and natural gas, basically.

Think of, so you start to extrapolate, this is the energy density, certain forms of energy just won the physics game, uranium and natural gas, basically.