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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1486 Want Abundant, Clean Energy? We Need Thorium, Not Wind or Solar

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

By popular demand, Kirk Sorensen joins me to discuss the energy potential of thorium, which can be tapped safely in overwhelming abundance and which solves every problem that troubles environmentalists.

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Show notes for Ep. 1486

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1486.

0:03.4

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0:08.0

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promo code Woods during checkout. Hi everybody. Tom Woods here. By popular demand, Kirk Sorensen is here on the

0:39.8

program. I can already hear people cheering in their cars after the years of badgering me on this topic,

0:46.4

and I thought, I don't know enough about this to talk about it. But the more I read about it,

0:50.7

the more I think, yeah, I've got to do this topic. And Kirk Sorensen is the man for the

0:55.8

topic. And the topic is thorium, which is a cleaner, safer, and more abundant nuclear fuel,

1:01.0

says Kirk Sorensen, and one he believes will revolutionize how we produce our energy. Kirk serves

1:06.3

as president and chief technologist at Flib Energy, a company he's grown to include a team of engineers,

1:13.0

chemists, and nuclear physicists who are working together to bring what they consider a revolutionary

1:17.5

technology to market. Kirk is a public advocate for thorium energy. He frequently speaks at

1:23.6

conferences and forums all around the world. You can find a tremendous archive of videos

1:28.8

of his on YouTube. Flyb Energy is the website, flibb-F-L-I-B-E-Hifennergy.com. Kirk was an aerospace

1:38.1

engineer at NASA for 10 years, and I am delighted finally to have an opportunity to talk to him. Kirk, welcome to the show.

1:45.7

Thanks, Tom. Very glad to be here. I've had a couple of listeners who have been pleading with me for years to have you on the program.

1:54.7

And at first, I just didn't want to, not because anything having to do with you, but because I felt like I don't have a

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