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This week has been incredibly intense — in the best possible way.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the successful Canadian filmmaker @MathewEmbry (Musterpoint Productions) came to my home and joined me on a business trip for an extensive interview. I will be one of the main characters in his new documentary on energy abundance (working title: Project Prosperity).
Energy abundance as the foundation for global prosperity was the central thesis of my book Schluss mit der Energiewende last year. So I had the data, the arguments, and the concrete pathways ready to share.
Just days later, @FritzVahrenholt and I submitted the final manuscript of our new book “Zeit für Kernenergie – Schlüssel zum Wohlstand” (“Time for Nuclear Energy – Key to Prosperity”) to our publisher Langen Müller after six intense months of work. Coincidentally, Fritz was already a key figure in Mathew’s 2019 film Global Warning.
Starting from the goal of overcoming energy poverty for everyone — especially the three billion people who still live without reliable energy — we show that global primary energy supply must at least triple in the coming decades. Fossil fuels cannot deliver this scale sustainably, and it is unrealistic to believe renewables alone could achieve it — not least because of the enormous environmental cost of the required mining expansion. That leaves nuclear energy as the only viable path.
The central question is: How do we scale nuclear energy a hundredfold?
This will require a true phase of hyperscaling — something every major industry in history has gone through. In our book, we outline the challenges, the necessary steps, and the concrete tasks for industry, governments, finance, academia, and other stakeholders to make this hyperscaling of the nuclear sector happen.
This vision is exactly what caught Mathew Embry’s attention.
The German edition will be published in October. We are currently looking for a strong North American (and Australian) publisher, as we believe the book will be particularly valuable for English-speaking audiences facing similar energy and industrial challenges.
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