Noah Rettberg returns to the pod to talk to me about synthfuels derived from carbon. We also want Monster Energy to sponsor us. CALL ME MONSTER. Anyone else interested in advertising on the podcast can reach me here: emmet@nuclearbarbarians.com. Nuclear Now
Synth fuels are the way in which our salvation lies. This is where I disagree with the folks that worship at the altar of the large light water reactors, because for synth fuels to become economically competitive the cost of a kWh will need to drop close to 10x (see the Lucid Catalyst work). So this is the main driver for the development of advanced high temperature designs.
Not that I wouldn’t welcome a ton more large LWRs with CO2 scrubbers on their cooling towers though!
Always a pleasure with Herr Rettberg as your guest. I honestly can’t remeber if carbon capture from seawater was discussed, for example the way the Navy labs were/are? testing. Of course «fuelled» by nukes. Gordon McDowell had several videos on the topic
Synth fuels are the way in which our salvation lies. This is where I disagree with the folks that worship at the altar of the large light water reactors, because for synth fuels to become economically competitive the cost of a kWh will need to drop close to 10x (see the Lucid Catalyst work). So this is the main driver for the development of advanced high temperature designs.
Not that I wouldn’t welcome a ton more large LWRs with CO2 scrubbers on their cooling towers though!
Always a pleasure with Herr Rettberg as your guest. I honestly can’t remeber if carbon capture from seawater was discussed, for example the way the Navy labs were/are? testing. Of course «fuelled» by nukes. Gordon McDowell had several videos on the topic