Episode 1
Ep 01: Michael Shellenberger, Environmental Progress
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
January 8, 20181h 1m
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Show Notes
In this episode we interview Michael Shellenberger who has been on the forefront of nuclear advocacy for over a decade. He's the founder of Environmental Progress, a research and policy organization, which in addition to putting together papers on Health and Safety, technology, innovation and economics also manages grassroots campaign efforts for preserving the existing Nuclear Fleet. In this episode we discuss:
- Michael Shellenberger's personal evolution from a solar to nuclear advocacy
- Common misconceptions around fukushima including the media's role
- We touch on concepts such on technocentrism, human consciousness, even question energy inevitability,
- And then we review which arguments are more or less influential in readjusting the public's position