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Commencing a new phase as a venture capitalist

Rod Adams
USA
2021
atomicinsights.com
Some nuclear power advocates have turned against carbon dioxide, the molecule of life. They claim it is causing catastrophic global warming and its entrance into the atmosphere must be controlled, even captured and sequestered. There is no scientific basis for CO2 at today's concentration or several times higher being a climate problem. Rather, CO2 is the basis for food for all life on Earth. The nuclear power advocates are wrong in their fight against CO2. If they are wrong their, the public will ask: How good is their advocacy for nuclear power? NOTE: This venture capital organization will be promoting nuclear power to sequester atmospheric CO2. What will the investors do when they learn that their money is being used in a hopeless effort to control atmospheric CO2. Only 2% is in the atmosphere. The other 98% is mostly in the oceans and then in life on land. The oceans will surrender anything technology removes from the atmosphere. a total waste of investor money.

Atomic energy is a tool that is capable of helping address some of humanity’s most wicked challenges. Clean, abundant, reliable and affordable power makes everything we do a little easier and is becoming increasing urgent in the era of climate change. Unfortunately, atomic energy is a long way from reaching its potential or even achieving the impact envisioned by its pioneers.

I am pleased to announce that I am joining forces with Valerie Gardner to become a managing partner at Nucleation Capital. We will also be looking at the kinds of newly commercializing “climate services” that nuclear will be ideally suited to power, including desalination, hydrogen production, and various types of carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) activity.