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Mark Nelson: The Truth About Energy

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro: Mark Nelson of Radiant Energy
1:12 – Radiant Energy and fighting nuclear plant closures
4:15 – Germany's bet on Russian gas
6:56 – Why wind and solar strain Europe's grids
10:02 – Why Germany shut down nuclear without a disaster
10:53 – Visiting the Brokdorf nuclear plant
12:30 – The roots of Germany's anti-nuclear movement
16:16 – Germany on the Cold War fault line
18:35 – Anti-nuclear politics in France and Switzerland
20:31 – Negative electricity prices explained
22:43 – Why German power bills are double France's
23:53 – New Jersey versus New York electricity bills
27:18 – Indian Point, Quebec Hydro, and Ontario
30:26 – Nuclear's low carbon footprint and bad studies
32:11 – Nuclear influencers and Miss America Grace Stanke
34:03 – What HBO's Chernobyl got wrong
36:52 – Chernobyl kept running for 14 years
38:25 – Why new reactor designs don't convert skeptics
40:09 – Climate activists who quietly support nuclear
41:29 – Talking frankly with Germans and wrap-up

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Mark Nelson of Radiant Energy Group joins Lou to talk about why nuclear power is good, Germany's bet on Russian gas, and why Germany shut down nuclear without a disaster.

We also get into fighting nuclear plant closures, why wind and solar strain Europe's grids, visiting the Brokdorf nuclear plant, the roots of Germany's anti-nuclear movement, negative electricity prices, why German power bills are double France's, New Jersey versus New York electricity bills, Indian Point, nuclear influencer and Miss America Grace Stanke, what HBO's Chernobyl got wrong, and climate activists who quietly support nuclear.

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