
Erik Townsend - The Nuclear Henry Ford Moment
About this episode
Todays episode with MacroVoices podcast host Erik Townsend (podcast above and video just below) explores the future of nuclear energy, thorium reactors and looks at the current energy policies that are in place across the world.
In this episode Erik discusses:
* Energy Strategies from China, Germany, France and the USA
* Why China is so far ahead of anyone else in the world
* The 1 big piece of political red tape that needs to be removed
* Thoughts for the future of energy
* Thorium reactors and their associated costs (prepare to be blown away by this!)
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Bio
Software entrepreneur (90s) turned macro strategy hedge fund manager (2010s), now retired from both. MacroVoices podcast host (Macrovoices.com) and publisher of Energy Transition Crisis docuseries (energytransitioncrisis.org).
Copenhagen Atomics
Please go and watch at the recent Macrovoices videos that Erik recorded with Thomas Jam Pedersen of Copenhagen Atomics
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A big thank you to Erik Townsend for taking the time to have a chat and for sharing a very valuable level of expertise. The nuclear message is very important so please share this with your network.
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