I just Found Fire2Fission—Some Smart People
Yeah, I always come late to the party, but this is a great party. The theme is that some people, especially people in the oil and gas industry, think that nuclear fission would be a great thing. They do not see it as a danger. Rather, they see a world where two billion people still only have the energy of their muscles, any draft animals, and wood or dung they burn for cooking. Thus, they do not fear nuclear fission competition and even see it is as another needed energy source while oil and gas could shift to producing higher value products. Mark Hinaman of the Fire2Fission nuclear advocacy group made those points and more in a Chris Keefer Decouple Podcast on April 17 of this year. The podcast started with the question of whether we shall soon see peak oil and gas from shale fracking. Hinaman is Director of Engineering and Innovation at Franklin Mountain Energy so he was highly qualified to comment on the possible timing of peak shale after which production would d