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Rationalista's avatar

Thanks for the review- it is on my list now that it is streaming. My view is that it is mostly the boomer left or those that were influenced by them that needs to be brought along here, so it is understandable that Stone would focus on things from that angle. Hating on government regulators or focusing on cost would just end up coding as “right wing” even if it was tried in good faith, and that would lose the target audience. Stone also has to find a conspiracy angle in everything, but that is just who he is...

I guess my hope is that this will cause people to get more interested in it, and there is now a ton of more positive info out there if one takes even a quick look on YT, Twitter, Substack, etc.

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Lorenzo Venneri's avatar

I guess Stone thinks the first problem is public acceptance versus regulatory and related cost challenges, so he targets a general audience, who probably won’t be watching the film, and that can explain some of the failings. Could make a more useful film about practical fission deployments, targeting the politicians, commissioners, scientists, and academics that actually influence the regulations - going around to the world leading nuclear manufacturers, shipbuilders, EPA, NRC, etc and seeing what they have to say about costs, phasing out LNT, transforming the NRC, and transitioning to underwriter certification. A distillation of the Gordian Knot and the solution - with clear questions and visuals from the the thinkers and doers.

I thought the film quality was extremely disappointing - looked like a bottom of barrel YouTube video hardly befitting the promethean subject matter. Could have done a better job over a weekend.

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