The Robert Bryce Show

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit robertbryce.substack.com Small modular reactors may be the most crowded — and overhyped — corner of the power sector. After 18 years of reporting on SMRs, my view is simple: A brutal shakeout is coming. In the US alone, 42 companies are pushing 48 reactor designs, all chasing the same pool of capital and customers. In this paid-subscrib...

As AI drives an explosion in new data centers, local communities from Texas to Ireland are saying no to Big Tech’s insatiable demands for water and electricity. This nine-and-a-half-minute documentary spotlights the grassroots backlash. It explains why local communities are raising hell and why opposition is gaining momentum. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subsc...

Lisa Reisman has spent her entire career in the metals business. She began as an aluminum trader, and after stints at other firms, she founded MetalMiner . Her clients are primarily original equipment manufacturers, including automakers, who buy a wide range of metal products. In this episode, she explains how her firm forecasts prices and why she is a "price purist." She also explains how China b...

Five years after a fire nearly destroyed Notre Dame in Paris, the famous cathedral has reopened. In this episode, I talk to essayist Emmet Penney, who writes the Nuclear Barbarians Substack , about the cultural significance of the cathedral, nuclear plants as our industrial cathedrals, and the electric grid as our industrial commons. Please note that one of the (many) great things about Substack i...

I’m back in the podcast game! And I am super pleased that the first guest on The Robert Bryce Show is one of my favorite people, Matt Ridley . Matt is a birdwatcher, essayist, and a prolific writer. He’s the author of ten books. His most recent one, which he co-wrote with Alina Chan, is  Viral: The Search For the Origin of Covid-19. In this episode, we talk about Britain’s insane energy policies,...