Since my retirement, I have been trying to foster a public debate on energy and climate issues. To that end I had given several presentations that are still available on YouTube. I am sharing links to three of them: the first one is a general discussion of global energy and climate change; the second one deals with nuclear power and why I believe it is an option we must embrace; and the third deals with enabling technologies like hydrogen and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) that may be required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Together, the three talks are a primer to inform the general public of the challenges we face and possible solutions.
I made these presentations to the Science for the Bored group of mostly retired scientists. Each video begins with a general chit-chat as we wait for people to join in. My 45-min presentation begins around 7 min, and is followed by an interesting, albeit lengthy, Q&A session. Please feel free use the videos in your classes or share them with your associates.
1. Replacing Cubic Miles of Oil: https://youtu.be/LWhVfYin_ds?si=hl4h0ddZXEJ0zdx8
2. Arguing for Nuclear Power: https://youtu.be/jl6sy8d-Lsc?si=I9rZUefzokkNTr33
3. Ancillary Technologies for Getting to Zero: https://youtu.be/48DOct2CQpo?si=gcH9N8gWN6WM52YH
Note:
I recently saw Nuclear Now, a film by Oliver Stone that is available on YouTube. It is based on a book, A Bright Future, by Joshua Goldstein and Stephan Qvist, which I had read and admired when it first came out about five years ago. The movie is sufficiently different, but very good. I highly recommend it.
