Don’t be afraid of nuclear energy. Seriously, don’t.
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Emotions often get in the way of good decision-making. This may be true in the case of nuclear energy, which many people associate with nuclear bombs. But nuclear energy could be the key to a green future according to James B. Meigs of the Manhattan Institute. He joins Michele.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of Sidelined Sanity with me, Michelle Tofoya, brought to you by Legacy |
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| 0:22.2 | When I say nuclear energy, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? |
| 0:25.4 | Is it nuclear warheads? |
| 0:27.3 | Is it Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, scary stuff? |
| 0:32.4 | Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest, safest forms of energy on the planet. |
| 0:37.2 | And we've been ignoring it |
| 0:38.9 | here in the United States more than we should. |
| 0:41.5 | My next guest will make you rethink that and will encourage you to open your mind to some |
| 0:49.6 | really super clean, safe energy if we can just drop our emotional attachments to the fear. |
| 0:59.0 | James B. Meggs is with the Manhattan Institute. He's a senior fellow and contributing editor to City Journal. |
| 1:04.7 | He writes a lot about this stuff. He's super smart. He makes it easy to understand. And he joins us next. |
| 1:14.1 | For nearly three decades, she's reported the action from the sidelines. She started very |
| 1:19.4 | young. She's covered the NBA, NFL, Olympics, and the college football and basketball |
| 1:24.8 | national championships. And now, during these insane times in our world, |
| 1:30.2 | Michelle Tofoya thinks we need a serious dose of sanity. |
| 1:35.2 | This is sideline sanity with your host, |
| 1:39.0 | one of the sanest people on planet Earth. |
| 1:41.8 | Michelle Tofoya. |
| 1:56.1 | You know, if one could bottle the energy of a dog and its auditory reflexes, we might have clean energy until the end of time. |
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