Richard Martin at TEAC4 conference

Talks about the need for energy to keep civilization going. Suggests that Roman Empire fell because of a lack of energy. Posted on Energy from Thorium blog.

Martin is the author of Super Fuel - Thorium the Green Energy Source for the Future



Update:

He also quotes from the book March of Folly. I noticed something very interesting in a quote from the Amazon review:

Folly is a child of power. "The power to command frequently causes failure to think."(p.32).

What did I tell you?   Ideology is the Bible to Power.  It is also an excuse not to think, in my opinion.