I am a suspicious cynic who cannot forget the lessons learned from literature about man’s inhumanity to man, which is often driven by a hunger for winning, pure greed or a desire for increased power. During the past week or so, I have begun to get a feeling that there is more going on in…
On August 5, 2009 Time Magazine’s online arm published a story Areva’s Field of Dreams that begins with the following lede: This should be Areva’s time in the sun. As governments search for clean, renewable energy sources and consumers worry about volatile oil prices, nuclear power is hot again.(Emphasis added) I am certain that the…
If you are a political junkie who happens to have a primary addiction to energy issues, you need to read a terrific article in the August 5, 2009 New York Times titled ‘Fragile Compromise’ of Power Plant CEOs in Doubt as Senate Climate Debate Nears. Darren Samuelsohn and Katherine Ling apparently found some sources willing…
Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Energy, is one of the more open and aggressive natural gas marketers in the United States. He was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF) in 2007. He has been credited with helping to derail a plan by TXU to build 11…
For the past several days, I have been getting flashbacks to a high school semantics project where we were assigned to watch TV for at least 2 hours per night for a week. Some students jumped for joy at having a great excuse for doing something that they would do anyway, but this assignment came…
In this July 30, 2009 video from CleanSkies.com titled T. Boone Pickens Previews the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 there are some thought provoking statements, especially if you are a cynic who believes that the energy establishment would love to make nuclear energy disappear from the conversation. If you listen closely, you will hear T….
Mark Cooper, of the Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment, apparently subscribes to the Al Gore theory that nuclear power plants come in only one size – extra large. In the above video clip titled The Economics of Nuclear Reactors from CleanSkies.com, dated July 17, 2009, he explains why he does not…
This CleanSkies.com video dated July 21, 2009 provides some commentary and prescriptions on used fuel recycling by two noted members of the nuclear non-proliferation community. Though I cannot agree with Frank Von Hipple and Henry Sokolsi with regard to their serious reservations about the fundamental value of atomic fission energy, I have trouble disagreeing with…
In the Sunday news magazine section of The Washington Post dated August 2, 2009 (it is still funny the way that magazines are often post dated) there is a lengthy and detail rich article about Thorium Power’s leader, Seth Grae, and his epic journey towards introducing an improved fuel design based on the unique characteristics…