Nuclear’s Winter: Atomic Energy and Our Zero-Carbon Future

Josh Smith
Jun 1, 2020 · 14 min read

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, billionaire co-founder of Netscape and prominent angel investor Marc Andreessen penned a viral letter titled “It’s Time To Build”. In the piece, Andreessen pins America’s failure to adequately respond to the virus on the country’s inability to build infrastructure in the real world, including hospitals, housing, manufacturing, transportation, and…

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