First video is the entire show. Second video has only my comments.
I just watched our show from about two weeks ago and, I must say, it is quite informative, both in the near term European gas sector risk analysis, and in our discussion of the long term persistent failures of European energy policy to change course. We discussed the still-increasing, renewable installations despite the high prices, weather dependent unreliability and high complexity that over dependence on renewables continues to cause.
This “green” and “clean” policy has not only failed on national and energy security, but also has done far too little to address long term carbon dioxide emissions in comparison to what a nuclear-centric energy policy can do, as France has amply demonstrated over the past 50 years.
And, note bene: nuclear requires no complex grid rebuilding and extension, no still-not-available carbon capture and storage tech (CCS) nor still not developed-at-scale “universal long-term grid scale storage” tech (ULTGSST).
My fellow experts and our Roundtable TRT World London host were:
- Malcolm Grimston, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Center for Energy Policy and Technology, Imperial College, who was in London.
- Chris Wefer, Founding-Partner, Macro Advisory, Eurasia Strategic Consultancy, who was in Moscow
- myself: Dr. Thomas W. O’Donnell, Energy and Geopolitical Strategist, Founder GlobalBarrel.com, who was in Berlin
- And Edna Brady, TRT-London host
