Hey, what I'm about to show you is worth your time, because I'm flying to a place that you have never seen before!
I'm flying to a nuclear power plant, and it's the newest one in the world! Why? Here is why!
When you look at the energy we use, a lot of it is not good for the planet. A lot of our energy comes from oil and coal. And we all know this is not sustainable. So what do we do?
The answer to that I found in the Middle East, the birthplace of oil. Here in the Emirates, this country is home to 10% of the world's oil. But to make their energy cleaner, they did something crazy. They built nukes. Not the nukes for war, but the nukes for peace.
See, nuclear energy is amazing. From this small uranium piece, you can replace 500 liters of oil and 1 ton of coal. From one piece, you can power a house for 4 months. And that is why the Emirates built the world's newest nuclear energy plant. It's so big, it can power 25% of the country without any carbon emissions.
And it's 100% safe.
Forget everything you heard about nuclear energy and forget Hollywood drama. According to science, nuclear energy is 250 times safer than big oil fields. The reactor is very small, and all these big buildings around it are designed for safety.
The walls are 1.2 meters thick, and every operation is tested 25,000 times.
Because this is the newest power plant in the world, it's also the safest.
Bye-bye oil.
And it's not just nuclear energy, it's also solar energy.
Here, they have 3.2 million solar panels to create clean energy. It's the biggest stand-alone solar plant in the world.
These shields are cleaned every day without using a single drop of water. And from this, they can supply 90,000 people with 100% clean energy.
Forget oil. From wind, to solar, to nuclear, the future is going to be clean.
The stone age did not end because we ran out of stone. It ended because of progress. And the oil age will not end because we ran out of oil. It will end because of progress.
Because now there is hope that one day our grandkids will not need oil. And that should make everyone happy.
See you next week.