Nathan Myhrvold on Nuclear Power

Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, makes the case for nuclear power at the event, "What Will Turn Us On in 2030?: Competing With Fossil Fuels to Power the Future" held at the New America Foundation on October 19, 2011.
Watch video of the full event and learn more here:
http://www.newamerica.net/events/2011...

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[Dude10659]

lFTR is way way more efficient then this TWR garbage of Microsoft! Yes it better then light water and heavy water reactor, but similar to breeder reactors. THe dopy french shut down breeder reactors dur to USA pressure, thought french were brave guess not.

Anyhow LFTR = Apple with cheap licences

Anyhow TWR = Microsoft

[r0gershrubber]

A nice, succinct explanation of the attraction of nuclear energy in the near future.

[partofthething]

Nice job Nathan. Good big-picture view of things. We need a documentary or something clearly demonstrating how much energy humanity uses. The closest I've seen is the free PDF book: "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air" by David MacKay.

[Prof. Archibald]

Well there is also hydroelectricity for large base-load power, but that requires certain geographic characteristics. Still, one could apparently feasibly increase the supply of hydroelectric power in the US by 50%, through a combination of upgrading old plants to newer technology as well as adding power plant to already existing dams used for other purposes