Alex Epstein: If You Want to Lead the World on Energy, ‘Liberate Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Fission’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT The world ░░░░░░░░ best way to buy ░░░░░░░░ Dan welcome back to ░░░░░░░░ For the first time ░░░░░░░░ American scientists are producing ░░░░░░░░ news nuclear tuition solution ░░░░░░░░ produce actual green energy ░░░░░░░░ this isn t the ░░░░░░░░ energy Democrats like This ░░░░░░░░ what it looks like ░░░░░░░░ America to lead And ░░░░░░░░ are just getting started ░░░░░░░░ big congratulations to Lawrence ░░░░░░░░ more national lab and ░░░░░░░░ involved in this fusion ░░░░░░░░ that will go down ░░░░░░░░ the history book Dan ░░░░░░░░ me is energy expert ░░░░░░░░ author of fossil future ░░░░░░░░ Epstein I know we ░░░░░░░░ to temper expectations But ░░░░░░░░ is it a big ░░░░░░░░ Explain nuclear fusion It ░░░░░░░░ a big deal because ░░░░░░░░ s a technical breakthrough ░░░░░░░░ economic breakthrough in terms ░░░░░░░░ energy being cost effective ░░░░░░░░ billions of people we ░░░░░░░░ years away But we ░░░░░░░░ gotten a lot of ░░░░░░░░ from nuclear fission But ░░░░░░░░ involves fusing together the ░░░░░░░░ of atoms It s ░░░░░░░░ that at least there ░░░░░░░░ more energy coming out ░░░░░░░░ the energy from the ░░░░░░░░ going in I don ░░░░░░░░ know if we know ░░░░░░░░ full energy use But ░░░░░░░░ granholm said is offensive ░░░░░░░░ me What it would ░░░░░░░░ like to lead on ░░░░░░░░ would be to lib ░░░░░░░░ nuclear fuels But this ░░░░░░░░ has opposed fossil fuels ░░░░░░░░ let me get your ░░░░░░░░ Here is a montage ░░░░░░░░ Democrats slamming nuclear fission ░░░░░░░░ we can use right ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ we can build more ░░░░░░░░ plants when we don ░░░░░░░░ know how to get ░░░░░░░░ of the waste that ░░░░░░░░ have I will not ░░░░░░░░ more nuclear One thing ░░░░░░░░ would like to clarify ░░░░░░░░ green new deal does ░░░░░░░░ the door open for ░░░░░░░░ Nuclear energy is a ░░░░░░░░ It s imperialism Dan ░░░░░░░░ can have fusion for ░░░░░░░░ future but we have ░░░░░░░░ fission right now and ░░░░░░░░ they seem to not ░░░░░░░░ it They just want ░░░░░░░░ fill landfills with solar ░░░░░░░░ that will expire in ░░░░░░░░ years I m laughing ░░░░░░░░ it but fission is ░░░░░░░░ tragedy In the 70s ░░░░░░░░ had fission that was ░░░░░░░░ low level clean electricity ░░░░░░░░ the green movement including ░░░░░░░░ of the political left ░░░░░░░░ it The nuclear regulatory ░░░░░░░░ that came out in ░░░░░░░░ not one nuclear plants ░░░░░░░░ gone from conception to ░░░░░░░░ The cost has gone ░░░░░░░░ by a factor of ░░░░░░░░ The nuclear policy is ░░░░░░░░ an embarrassment I consider ░░░░░░░░ offensive not to support ░░░░░░░░ in the future It ░░░░░░░░ going to be interesting ░░░░░░░░ the future if fusion ░░░░░░░░ pan out It will ░░░░░░░░ difficult to real a ░░░░░░░░ the spoils of our ░░░░░░░░ based on green energy ░░░░░░░░ It creates a problem ░░░░░░░░ them doesn t it ░░░░░░░░ is the thing The ░░░░░░░░ movement opposes every form ░░░░░░░░ energy But they support ░░░░░░░░ energy When fusion becomes ░░░░░░░░ the greens will oppose ░░░░░░░░ In 1989 people thought ░░░░░░░░ was about to become ░░░░░░░░ They think about it ░░░░░░░░ giving an an I ░░░░░░░░ not child a machine ░░░░░░░░