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The World’s Coming Energy Catastrophe - Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future.

Nate HagensguestChris Williamsonhost
Aug 4, 20221h 15mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
August 4, 2022
Duration
1h 15m
Channel
Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future. Energy drives our entire world. It keeps our GDPs growing, our cars moving and our hospital's moving. If there was a shortage of energy, life would change very dramatically. Nate has spent 20 years researching the state of our current energy reliance and creating an assessment and philosophy for the future. Expect to learn how energy is intrinsically linked to our economy, why solar and wind are not a solution, why the things that humans value needs to change if we want to continue flourishing, what would happen if the price of energy went up by even a small margin, the real reason that the USA has a ton of bases in the Middle East and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Optimal Carnivore’s products at www.amazon.com/optimalcarnivore (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on the amazing 6 Minute Diary at https://bit.ly/diarywisdom (use code MW15) (USA - https://amzn.to/3b2fQbR and use 15MINUTES) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out Nate's channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJOjGOpN8oSVr_OoJLzk9g Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #energy #economy #thegreatsimplification - 00:00 Intro 00:25 The History of the Energy Catastrophe 16:40 Why Not Nuclear? 20:54 Scouting Abroad for Fossil Fuels 26:54 Is Money Energy? 36:51 We Need to Appreciate Energy More 50:56 Is Nate Worried About Population Collapse? 56:00 Why Isn’t the World Talking About Energy Decline? 1:03:26 Practical Ways to Prepare 1:15:00 Where to Find Nate - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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  • Nate Hagens

    guest
  • Chris Williamson

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Nate Hagens and Chris Williamson, The World’s Coming Energy Catastrophe - Nate Hagens explores Energy Blindness, Fossil Decline, And Redefining Prosperity In Modern Civilization Nate Hagens explains that modern civilization is built on a one‑time windfall of cheap fossil energy, especially oil, which effectively provides hundreds of billions of “energy slaves” doing work for us at almost no cost.

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