Duke Energy has a plan to increase the capacity of its Cliffside facility located in Rutherford County, NC. The Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte recently hosted a public meeting to discuss the expansion plans. According to Drought fires up foes of coal plant: Duke Energy’s plans to expand criticized in view of climate change…
Last week, I had a long conversation with Nick Bruse, the host of The Cleantech Show, hosted by The Podcast Network. The interview is now posted as The Cleantech Show #024: Nuclear Alternatives, Interview with Rod Adams, Adams Atomic Engines Inc. I think the discussion turned out pretty well – Nick had a lot of…
Sparton Resources is interested in coal ash, specifically ash from lignite burning coal plants located in areas of the globe where the lignite contains higher than normal levels of uranium. Since uranium oxides are not flammable, the uranium oxide gets left behind in the ash, so there is the potential that it will contain commercially…
I put together a response to the nukefree.org video titled “Stop the Nuclear Bailout”. For some reason, I have been unable to get it to post as a response to the original video on YouTube, but I did manage to get it posted to the My Video section. Here it is – please provide feedback…
During the past week, I have read at least four editorials written in praise of Ayn Rand’s Objectivist manifesto Atlas Shrugged. The occasion for the flurry of effort was the 50th anniversary of the book’s publication in October 1957. These editorials have pointed to the influential nature of the book, which has achieved steady sales…
Right after my last post, I realized that the magic of YouTube was showing me that there was already a rebuttal posted to “Stop the nuclear bailout”. Elizabeth King, a well spoken young woman from the NEI, shares her thoughts in a short, well written video titled For What It’s Worth – A Rebuttal. Way…
According to a Reuters article published on October 12, 2007, the “No Nukes” trio of Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Graham Nash have gotten the old band together again to play protest songs like “For What It’s Worth”. The song has been remade with some new words about $50 billion dollar subsidies (referring to the…
I read a lot of business focused publications including Forbes, Fortune, BusinessWeek, and the Wall Street Journal. I also pay attention to print advertising in those publications – I blame (or perhaps a better word would be “credit”) Ms. Page, my tenth grade Semantics teacher. She taught us that the words used in advertisements are…
There is an October 7, 2007 article posted on Boston.com titled As Maine goes … Former Maine nuclear expert comes to Vt. that describes the recent change in venue for Uldis Vanags, a “nuclear expert” who does not seem to be much of a friend to the technology. In August, Mr. Vanags took a position…
On Saturday, 6 October, statesman.com published a commentary by Thad Hill, President of NRG Energy Inc. The title of the commentary is Nuclear power is the way of the future. It is a solid, logical case for building large new nuclear plants in Texas. Here is a sample quote: We are proud of our project…
I just watched a thought provoking video that is available on www.ecotricity.co.uk. Ecotricity is a UK based company that bills itself as “The world’s first green electricity company.” As you watch the video, take careful note of the amount of concrete, steel, aluminium, and copper used in the turbine foundation, mounting pole and generator. Think…
Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont is resisting pressure from some of his constituents and some groups from outside of his state. These organizations are in court trying to assert increased power for individual states to oversee nuclear power plant licensing and safety issues. Governor Douglas’s position was described in an article that I found posted…