"So you're telling me you needed a $7,000 CAD laptop to edit this video?"
Yes, without the new MacBook Pro that I ordered at the end of 2021, and which arrived at the end of February, this video would either not exist, or take days longer to complete and probably be of no use to the petition which ends April 8th.
It is a pretty darn good laptop.
I still don't have the "master project" (Thorium Documentary) running on it, as I'm still working out how to support editing of the same project on both PC Desktop and MacBook, but for these "short" projects the laptop is perfect.
Hope some of you know a Canadian who might be persuaded to care about nuclear power by this video. Petition closes April 8th. https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3912
This video can be downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YA71nvS1gTh-GNy5y-xP9lE-pbdWYC1w?usp=sharing
I'm pimping it on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/gordonmcdowell/status/1510315280857112579
Interesting Video Assets
Germany destroying towns and churches for coal - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JpUgoxQ2mP-qnKIatc0Ryujx6F8ZUjlZ/view?usp=sharing
2015 Make Nuclear History dot-org (defunct) anti-nuke propaganda - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KOfH3WykyuWqd1zS9iP2RfpUBXCKgOlW?usp=sharing
Elon Musk on Nuclear Power
Strongest words of support he's uttered yet. Unfortunately appears to only be in print, and no video.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-interview-axel-springer-tesla-war-in-ukraine-2022-3
Döpfner: If we really want to reduce Putin's power as well as Europe's and Germany's dependence on Russian energy, we have to decarbonize. It's the only way. Is more nuclear energy the key to free ourselves from dictators and autocrats like Putin.
Musk: I want to be super clear. You should not only not shut down the nuclear power plants, but you should also reopen the ones that have already shut down. Those are the fastest to produce energy. It is crazy to shut down nuclear power plants now, especially if you are in a place where there are no natural disasters. If you are somewhere where severe earthquakes or tsunamis occur, it is more of a question mark. If there is no massive natural disaster risk-which Germany does not have-then there is really no danger with the nuclear power plants.
Döpfner: Aren't there any safer alternatives that could have a similar effect? Solar and wind won't do it. Do you have any other ideas in mind about future energy policy?
Musk: I think long term, most of civilization's energy is going to come from solar, and then you need to store it with battery because obviously the sun only shines during the day, and sometimes it is very cloudy. So you need solar batteries. That will be the main long-term way that civilization is powered. But between now and then, we need to maintain nuclear. I can't emphasize that enough. This is total madness to shut them down. I want to be clear, total madness.