A couple of days ago, several of you reported problems with being able to see anything in the right column below my profile. I have made some changes to the code and tested the blog using IE6 running on Windows 2000, which is the combination that seemed to be at issue. (It always worked with…
If you are following the energy industry, you are probably already aware that the British government has released a report called the Stern Review on the economics of climate change. In close association with the announcement of that report, the British government has also made public the fact that Tony Blair, one of George Bush’s…
Peter Beattie, the Queensland, Australia Premier, does not like nuclear power. As he said back in March, 2006: “If power is being generated by uranium we don’t need enough coal. I mean this is … black and white – I am a strong supporter of the coal industry, I’m a strong supporter of clean coal…
I know that many people interested in energy technology do not read business publications on a regular basis, so I thought I would share my reaction to a revealing portrait of a wind energy power broker that was published in the recent Forbes Special Edition titled “The 400 Richest People in America”. The article –…
In a development that should surprise no one, corn prices on commodities markets have increased dramatically this year. According to a recent article on Bloomberg.com titled Corn Rises in Chicago as Export Demand Surges, Supplies Shrink this price increase has been caused by lower production (a drop of 1.9% from last year) and increased demand…
The planned merger of Constellation Energy Group into FP&L has been cancelled at the request of the Constellation board of directors due “continued uncertainty over regulatory and judicial matters in Maryland.” Last month, for similar reasons, a planned merger between Exelon and Public Service Enterprise Group of Newark, NJ was also cancelled. It appears that…
A regular reader has reported some difficulty viewing the Atomic Insights blog sidebar after my inclusion of the Rapleaf symbol. Is anyone else experiencing the same difficulty? (Frustratingly, everything works great from my computer, so it is difficult to troubleshoot.)
Mining Weekly Online published a story on October 27, 2006 titled US group plans to market SA pebble-bed modular reactor that describes Westinghouse’s current plans for marketing three different reactor designs that are each aimed at different markets. The most commonly known product is the AP-1000, the large, pressurized water reactor with passive safety features…
Mixed bag of atomic (and a few non-atomic) topics – enjoy! Shane and I have had a few busy days in our day jobs, so this show is a zero prep show with a variety of topics including long term storage of used nuclear fuel, the design and operation of Fermi’s CP-1, Steorn’s claim of…
Several months ago, I heard about a web service called Rapleaf from Cameron Reilly, the host of the G’day World Podcast and the CEO of The Podcast Network. (He is one of the reasons why there is a podcast called “The Atomic Show”.) The essence of the Rapleaf service is that it allows people to…
After posting my comments this morning about Amory Lovins and his math manipulations, I got to thinking about the language gymnastics involved in the way that he defines “micropower”. By my dictionary, micro means small – specifically it is the prefix that stands for one millionth in the metric system. Here is how Amory Lovins…
Amory Lovins – that “Oxford educated physicist” – continues to confuse me with his mathematical manipulations. (If you want to understand the reasons for the quotes around the description, see Amory Lovins’s Academic Career.) According to an October 22nd article in the Toronto Star titled Lovins Q&A , Lovins has claimed that 16 percent is…