No you definitely don’t sound dumb. The issue is that we need energy now, and fossil fuels are going to continue being used until we have the infrastructure for alternative sources. In short, our best alternative solution to fossil fuels is nuclear energy, which unfortunately has been politicized because people think it’s “dangerous” (it’s not). Wind/solar/hydro aren’t reliable enough to make up our base load which is why we still rely heavily on fossil fuels. Switching to nuclear could resolve all of these issues were discussing. I think if you continue going down the bitcoin rabbit hole you will find you naturally fall down the energy rabbit hole because of bitcoins relationship with energy. That’s how i gained an understanding of energy and the grid.
I think #[5] does a great job on his podcast having guests on that are knowledgeable in energy. This is one of my favorite episodes: https://fountain.fm/episode/13181642640
And here’s another on nuclear: https://fountain.fm/episode/13244552894
And here’s a couple on how bitcoin helps fix this:
My only problem with #[4] on this topic is that he doesn’t seem to understand how a nuclear plant could be insured without a government
“It’s too expensive to insure”. Yes, under the current system that has a government “backing” it with no cash in reserves to insure it. They’ll just print it.
Under a Bitcoin Standard, insurance companies would set the regulations to make a nuclear plant safe and insurable. I don’t know why he doesn’t seem to be able to make that leap.
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