Ray Rothrock

Venture capitalist. Company builder, energy and tech leader. Bass guitarist in Up and to the Right.

[Robert Bryce @pwrhungry]

The word “climate” appears 81 times in the Democratic Party's 92-page platform. But the Democrats aren't talking about nuclear energy at their convention in Chicago & there's not a single mention of nuclear energy in their platform. Why not?
#dnc #democraticnationalconvention #kamalaharris #timwalz #donaldtrump #election #election2024 #nuclear #nuclearenergy #electricity #electricgrid

[American Nuclear Society @ANS_org]

Watch "Dr. Joe C. Turnage bestowed with Fellowship from the American Nuclear Society" on #Nuclear YouTube at https://t.co/T38Pp23CeK

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

VOGTLE, GEORGIA: US SECRETARY OF ENERGY CALLS FOR "HUNDREDS" MORE LARGE NUCLEAR REACTORS

"We need two hundred of these by 2050. Two down, one hundred and ninety-eight to go."

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, speaking now in front of the flawlessly-operating Vogtle 3 & 4 nuclear reactors.

It's extraordinary that this is what Democrats now sound like on nuclear.

It's truly a bipartisan consensus that America needs to build way more nuclear power.

[Robert Bryce @pwrhungry]

Today is a big day. Our new docuseries, Juice: Power, Politics & The Grid, is now available for free on YouTube.

Please watch it, share it, etc. Here's Episode 1:

https://t.co/NNNnS5TpMm

[Ray Rothrock @rayrothrock]

Please see Juice: Power, Politics, & The Grid. Robert Bryce's latest work on energy. I helped a little. This is link is for 1 of the six episodes.

https://t.co/aSCVPeGEtu

[aileenlee @aileenlee]

It’s been 10 years since the original unicorn analysis (when we accidentally coined the term)🦄

So, our @CowboyVC team dug into new data. The tech industry has changed a TON!

✨ From 39 to 532 unicorns
✨ Pendulum swung HARD from consumer to enterprise
✨ Business types, founder backgrounds & geos changed a lot

BUT

🥺 Unicorns became way less capital-efficient
🥺 93% are ‘papercorns’ & 60% are ‘ZIRPicorns”

despite many fragile unicorns right now, we see many healthy ones too

And with AI, we expect 1,400+ capital-efficient unicorns by 2033, which will make tech even bigger and more important🌟

It’s a long read (sorry!) but pls check it out - would love feedback. What resonated, what did we miss? 🙏 🙏 🙏

Full post 👉 https://t.co/5DD8TPhbHq

[Robert Bryce @pwrhungry]

This is an important graphic. Nuclear energy struggles in places where electricity is treated a commodity.
I'm going to have @E_R_Sepulveda on the Power Hungry Podcast to talk about this.

[18for0 @18for0]

Yet the Irish government still hangs onto outdated antinuclear legislation

Nuclear can provide use with a safe, carbon free energy that is always on. This energy can be produced in Ireland providing highly skilled Irish jobs.

@fiannafailparty @FineGael @SocDems @sinnfeinireland

[Robert Bryce @pwrhungry]

This is cool:
My 1900-word piece on the Osage tribe's HUGE court win over Enel is #1 today on a platform that shall not be named.

My prediction: this ruling will NOT be covered by @nytimes, @npr, @juliaradio, or @JStein_WaPo

Why not? It doesn't fit the "green" narrative.

[Ray Rothrock @rayrothrock]

@armada_ai is a completely new edge computing revolution designed to help solve some of the world’s most complex challenges. Visit https://t.co/EcwRJ828ir to explore the vision behind the company and how the first full stack edge computing platform will bridge the digital divide.

[Robert Bryce @pwrhungry]

The only thing dumber than onshore wind is offshore wind.

[TerraPower @TerraPower]

Let's talk #NuclearEnergy. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding nuclear energy, but MIT's Kaylee Cunningham is using her training as a PhD student in #nuclearscience & #engineering to dispel common myths. Read more about Kaylee's work: https://t.co/5TUCxak2dS

[Ray Rothrock @rayrothrock]

Soul Train: Believe me, your foot hops up and down with the first downbeat and never stops all the way to the end.  Warning:  dancing in your seat is acceptable and expected. Have fun.

[Ray Rothrock @rayrothrock]

Soul Train: with incredible choreography and music to match it is a story of love, passion, success, and failure.  In addition for me, it’s the story of American innovation bringing forth an important element of American culture.

[Ray Rothrock @rayrothrock]

The Hippest Trip:  Soul Train the Musical.   Folks, if you are like me and grew up watching Saturday television, you are going to love this new musical which premiered September 6 at ACT in San Francisco.  A beautifully told story of Don Cornelius, the founder of Soul Train.

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Kaylee Cunningham recognizes that her training as a PhD student in nuclear science and engineering could be for naught if myths on nuclear power continue to abound. Known online as “Ms. Nuclear Energy,” she is committed to help — one TikTok at a time. https://t.co/a9efdTC0ND

[Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy @GovNuclear]

5 problems nuclear can solve:

⚡ Electricity emissions
🏭 Industrial sector emissions
🚗 Transportation emissions
💧 Water scarcity
🏝️ Energy access to remote locations
https://t.co/onzBhxMbCk

[Terrestrial Energy @TerrestrialMSR]

Ms. Nuclear Energy is winning over nuclear skeptics

https://t.co/ujErECdL6p

via @MIT @kmcunningham1 #GreenNuclear

[Ted Nordhaus @TedNordhaus]

These two posts, from @_HannahRitchie and @pwrhungry should remind us that the efficiency advantages of wind and solar on electricity generation side are given back when you try to electrify everything, or even a lot of things…