Energy Dense Fuels and Bettering Human Lives
Who are the pioneers in the energy industry?
What new technologies are they inventing? Which technologies aren’t they inventing or are they missing?
Are there new fuels we can use?
How do we normalize nuclear for society and convince the nuclear industry that increased focus on safety within the industry is killing more people outside of it?
How do we be cheerleaders for abundance, freedom, and prosperity?
These are the kinds of questions we’ve had, and we think we’ve discovered the answer to many of them – but not all of them. We want to talk to the people who can help us discover a better and brighter future moving forward, and we believe we can do that using energy dense fuels. As engineers, entrepreneurs, and environmentalists, all of our analysis demonstrates it’s the best solution for humanity and our home planet.
Will you join us?
034 Jenifer Avellaneda aka Nuclear Hazelnut
Jenifer Avellaneda, aka @NuclearHazelnut on X, discusses with Mark Hinaman her discover of nuclear while growing up in Mexico, working in Vienna for the IAEA, her role as a probablistic risk assessment engineer at Westinghouse, and nuclear advocacy through twitter and other forums.
033 Mike Umbro, Partner at Premier Resource Management
Mike Umbro, an investment banker and oil-tycoon-turned-geothermal-entrepreneur, chats with Mark Hinaman about his project with Premier Resource Partners to build a long-term energy storage solution in existing oilfields in California.
032 Mike Conley, author of Earth is a Nuclear Planet
Mike Conley chats with Mark Hinaman about his career as an author, his discovery of nuclear, and his new series of books he plans to publish beginning with Earth is a Nuclear Planet.
031 John Kotek, SVP for Policy Development and Public Affairs at Nuclear Energy Institute
John Kotek discusses his background in nuclear engineering with Mark Hinaman as well as the Nuclear Energy Institute, energy policy, and the future of nuclear.
030 Robbie Stewart, Co-Founder at Boston Atomics
Robbie Stewart speaks with Mark Hinaman about his time at GE, studying at MIT, and his nuclear startup, Boston Atomics.
029 John Clarke, Energy Entrepreneur in South Africa
John Clark discusses his entrepreneur ventures in energy and how bringing nuclear to South Africa could solve the country’s energy challenges.
028 Stephen Johnson, Director, Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies at INL
Stephen Johnson, Director at Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies Div. at Idaho National Laboratory, talks to Mark Hinaman about Idaho National Lab and some of the research they are working on.
027 Rep. James Strickler and Rep. Larry Scott, Former and Current New Mexico State Legislators
Representative James Strickler and Representative Larry Scott discuss energy policies, politics, closing coal plants, uranium mining, enrichment, and spent fuel storage, and the energy transition – all in New Mexico.
026 Guerric de Crombrugghe, Founding Partner at Nuketech
Guerric de Crombrugghe, Founding Partner at Nuketech discusses with Mark Hinaman how venture capital is helping push the nuclear industry to new heights.
025 Discussions on Energy and Networking (DEN Talks): Nuclear Energy & Opportunity Cost
Mark Hinaman hosts an informal and open discussion with engineers, salesmen, and non-profit advocates in the oil and gas industry in Denver. This discussion was recorded as part of the Denver chapter of Young Professionals in Energy’s Discussion on Energy and Networking (DEN Talks) program. It’s meant to have 10 to 20 minutes of a presenter speaking on a topic and allow for 40 to 60 minutes of dialogue and debate to follow. Mark discusses nuclear energy and the opportunity costs associated with focusing on other forms of energy generation.