1:39:00 Those fusion breakthroughs are nothing to get too exited about. The "ignition" as in releasing more energy than they put in, is only true in one very specific sense. They put in less light energy to the material than the material then produced through nuclear fusion, but to produce that light they used orders of magnitude more energy than was gained. Another issue is that they're using extremely rare tritium (Hydrogen atom consisting of one proton and two neutrons), but if we want fusion to be viable the ideal solution would be if we could do it with the far more common deuterium (Hydrogen atom with one proton and one neutron). Nuclear fission has loads of possible permanent solutions BTW. Finland has started storing their waste in deep concrete tunnels, so could the US do, in the middle of the desert somewhere, but the political will hasn't been there. It may also be possible to create an "assembly line" of specialised fission reactors which would use what is now waste, and make it radioactive for a much shorter time. Regardless, even with permanent storage and/or assembly line waste reduction, the monumental environmental advantage nuclear fission has over all other green energy is how little space it takes up relative to energy output. Another is that it's predictable and non-variable.
33:40 I'd say it's much more true that UK and European parties run caucus-style elections than saying they have "smokey back rooms". One major difference to America though is that Europe in general has no party registration, so to partake in internal elections you have to be a paying member.
I thought Carls Junior was the western United States name and Hardies was the Eastern United States name for the same exact company. Something about one not being able to be trademarked in some state. IDK
People who aren't pro-nuclear aren't serious about solving climate change concerns, period
1:39:00 Those fusion breakthroughs are nothing to get too exited about. The "ignition" as in releasing more energy than they put in, is only true in one very specific sense. They put in less light energy to the material than the material then produced through nuclear fusion, but to produce that light they used orders of magnitude more energy than was gained. Another issue is that they're using extremely rare tritium (Hydrogen atom consisting of one proton and two neutrons), but if we want fusion to be viable the ideal solution would be if we could do it with the far more common deuterium (Hydrogen atom with one proton and one neutron).
Nuclear fission has loads of possible permanent solutions BTW. Finland has started storing their waste in deep concrete tunnels, so could the US do, in the middle of the desert somewhere, but the political will hasn't been there. It may also be possible to create an "assembly line" of specialised fission reactors which would use what is now waste, and make it radioactive for a much shorter time.
Regardless, even with permanent storage and/or assembly line waste reduction, the monumental environmental advantage nuclear fission has over all other green energy is how little space it takes up relative to energy output. Another is that it's predictable and non-variable.
1:40:29 this is the greatest podcast comment I have ever heard in my life
33:40 I'd say it's much more true that UK and European parties run caucus-style elections than saying they have "smokey back rooms". One major difference to America though is that Europe in general has no party registration, so to partake in internal elections you have to be a paying member.
Jen yelling at the audience for 30 straight minutes then calling Justin’s outro rude is hilarious
Ughh fiiiine *googles how to buy stock of Southwestern Airline... 😂
I keep forgetting this show has a video podcast.
France has figured out what to do with nuclear waste
Is the hot dog place Jen taking about Frank's? That place was great and had chocolate covered bacon for dessert.
her gas is going to go bad
To be fair to Andrew the initial idea was for saavik to be the traitor but they scrapped that idea and went with the new character valeris to instead
What are the issues with nuclear power?
Thanks to Heaton for asking the question right after I posted the comment while watching.
nuclear disaster movie was in movie theaters at the time of 3 mile island. boomer hysteria.
Yeah, and nothing happened in Japan at any point after that, did it?
@bobjr4502 Nothing major, no. There was Fukashima, but that was entirely contained since they followed procedure.
Just bought a stock of Southwest to join the club 😂
I thought Carls Junior was the western United States name and Hardies was the Eastern United States name for the same exact company. Something about one not being able to be trademarked in some state. IDK
You are correct.