Oddbean new post about login | logout #science fact: A Uranium fuel pellet the size of your pinky finger nail can produce the same amount of energy as 3 tons of hard coal (or more, depending on degree of enrichment). Lets produce more #nuclear #energy. It's clean and it's there for us when we need it.
Imagine how much coal/oil/natural gas would be needed if we simply built out the nuclear/solar/wind infrastructure to their maximum realistic capacity. Almost none. And after a while of operation, we would go carbon negative.
It gets better! With Thorium and various 4th generation designs of reactors, the "waste problem" that all the anti-nuke folks harp on about shrinks with time to become a non-problem. Most high- and medium-intensity radioactive waste can be "burnt" to produce energy. Nuclear reactors can also supply a lot of thermal heat for industrial processes, fx. "PtX", that is, Hydrogen generation.
Yes, a lot of specific information on this can be found on https://energyfromthorium.com/forum
Oh, and for the #investing crowd: Uranium is limited in availability. You should look into buying into the Uranium market. It has a major upside, considering how many countries are becoming positive towards #nuclear energy these months.