Self-Evident Energy Truth No. 1

Using Energy to Make Energy Is Dumb - Unless You're Splitting Atoms!

Benjamin Franklin inserted “self-evident” in the Declaration of Independence. Self-evident truths are the best kinds.

Using Energy to Make Energy Is Dumb

The only reason to use Energy to produce Energy is because there is no other way to get the Energy we need.

By far, Nuclear Energy produces the most useful energy for humanity for the least energy inputs, net-net.

“Almost unbelievably, there are 3500 exajoules of nuclear energy in these 48.3K tonnes of uranium, accessible using breeder reactor tech we demo'd in 1952. The world uses about 600 EJ of primary energy per year (including everything!!), so that's about 6 years of world energy.” Nick Touran - @whatisnuclear.

Y'all are following the wrong guy. Nick Touran has been explaining this for years on his own dime and actually knows what he's talking about (I am his student):

Nick Touran @whatisnuclear

As a nuclear engineering undergrad in 2006, my colleagues and I decided that a big hurdle holding nuclear energy back was lack of public knowledge and understanding. So we decided to make whatisnuclear.com, an educational nuclear website for everyone.

whatisnuclear.comWhat is nuclear energy?Nuclear power plants produce sustainable and reliable clean-air heat and electricity with almost no lifecycle carbon emissions. The downsides must be weighed against these benefits. Here you will learn about the nuances behind nuclear power and nuclear energy in general.