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Who Controls the Magnets?

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🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

If you didn’t have a reliable supply of electricity, what would you do to secure it? Robert Bryce is the author of “A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations” and the writer of an eponymous Substack. Motley Fool Senior Analyst Nick Sciple caught up with Bryce to discuss:  - Why more countries are turning to coal - The challenges of building a reliable green energy grid - The resurgence of interest in nuclear energy - Supply chain issues for electric car batteries  Company mentioned: SMR Host: Nick Sciple Guest: Robert Bryce Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We're seeing a shift in public sentiment that is increasingly pro-nuclear.

0:05.5

And I think it's partly due to climate change.

0:07.1

I think some of it's due to the receding fears after Fukushima.

0:12.3

But I think it's also a recognition that if we're going to be serious, we're going

0:15.2

to be grown-ups about energy policy, we have to adopt nuclear.

0:18.4

And I'm very encouraged by that.

0:30.0

I'm Mary Long, and that's Robert Bryce.

0:32.4

He's the author of six books, including, most recently, A Question of Power, Electricity

0:37.1

and the Wealth of Nations.

0:39.0

He also writes an eponymous sub-stack.

0:41.4

Motley Fool, Senior Analyst, Nick Cypill, Cut Up with Bryce to discuss the constraints

0:45.4

and obstacles of a green energy future, innovative companies in the nuclear space, and the challenges

0:51.2

of building any kind of energy infrastructure.

1:00.0

Before we get into some energy policy topics, what's going on in the energy market today?

1:14.2

Let's establish some knowledge for our listeners, for something that people use everyday

1:18.8

electricity, probably something that's not intimately understood by the everyday person

1:25.1

walking around.

1:26.1

So if I ask you the question, what is electricity?

1:28.2

How would you answer that question?

1:29.3

I would answer it by saying it's a flow of energy.

1:33.2

It is the world's most important and fastest growing form of energy, which is really the thesis

1:38.2

of my book, Question of Power.

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