Ep 157: Scott Nolan on the AI Energy Crisis & America's Nuclear Renaissance

Podcast: Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist · Joe Lonsdale

Opublikowano: 2026-06-05

In 2010, the U.S. and China were at parity in electricity generation. Today, China boasts triple our capacity. We’re at the vanguard of the AI revolution but falling dangerously behind in energy production. Scott Nolan has identified a key bottleneck in nuclear energy and is at the forefront of the effort to scale nuclear power and help America achieve energy abundance. While studying at Cornell University, Scott landed an internship at Boeing. He quickly jumped to SpaceX as an early employee and worked on the Falcon propulsion systems and Dragon capsule. He later became Partner at Fo...