I've never met Ben in person. First time I saw him was watching Pandora's Promise, he was 1 of the 4 featured anti-nuclear activists in the film who'd changed their minds and came to support nuclear power.
Since then I've used footage shot for Pandora's Promise (posted to YouTube by Robert Stone) and random public videos featuring Ben, to incorporate his story into later chapters of my "Th" series.
Of course, only having access to recycled footage is limiting. I told Ben that if his presentations were captured independently I'd consider incorporating the footage. Ben said he'd do it himself. I mailed Ben a couple SANSA Clip+ microphones. (Dirt cheap stuff.) Ben used his own video camera.
This is the result of someone capable of delivering a great lecture, who ALSO has taken the time to independently capture it and send me the footage.
Just imagine, this presentation was about to be delivered to a single audience in Brisbane City Hall. The End.
"Nice presentation you've got there Ben. It would be a shame if only a single auditorium of people were able to learn from it."
I'd hope anyone else either attending (or delivering) such a clarifying presentation can also capture the audio and video, and relay the data to me.
It will feed into the "Th" chapters.
In particular, in this video, Ben has now provided me with footage clarifying 3 important points:
1. Nuclear waste has a miniscule footprint.
2. Mining nuclear fuel can be 100% non-disruptive to the environment. This is happening TODAY in Australia at Beverley Uranium Mine. It is not fantasy.
3. Ontario has burned their last ton of coal. Ontario has implemented a sensible mix of energy sources, which include nuclear. Ontario's carbon footprint is fantastically low.
As a pro-nuke Canadian (living in Alberta) I had no idea how impressively one of our provinces was doing. Canadian CO2 data I've seen was always for the entire nation, not province-by-province.
This content will factor itself into "Th" as I release another chapter, and return to earlier chapters and improve them.