I have recently been visiting a blog published by the American Gas Association. It is both a learning experience and a bit of Sun Tzu motivated research. It is obvious from the blog posts that the utility segment of the natural gas industry wants to take advantage of concern about climate change and CO2 emissions…
When you read this, repeat this mantra to yourself – “no one wants to invest in nuclear energy projects”. At least, that is what people like Amory Lovins and Peter Bradford want you to believe. I know that one day of stock trading for a “penny stock” means very little in the big scheme of…
I received a reminder via email this morning to register for a Platts sponsored meeting titled Small Modular Reactor: Time Frame for Development and Outlook for Commercial Viability that will be held in Washington, DC on June 28 and 29. I plan to be there to find out more about what I think is one…
On Saturday, May 1, 2010, I had a conversation with John Horgan, the host of Science Saturday for Bloggingheads.tv. John was a long time nuclear skeptic who had expressed his support for President Obama’s initiative to reduce America’s nuclear weapons stockpiles, but his concern for the president’s support for nuclear power plant construction loan guarantees….
John Droz has shared a disturbing story about an interaction with “a senior person” from the National Academy of Science in a post on energyblogs.com titled The Corruption of our National Academies. It seems that John, who has expertise in renewable energy systems, had some strong reservations about the quality of the science underlying an…
A few days ago, a former intelligence officer and current fear-mongering book writer published an op-ed piece in the New York times titled Al Qaeda’s Nuclear Plant where the word “plant” is intended to convey a nuanced meaning about a covert operation insider while also fitting into context as a word frequently associated with nuclear…
Amy Myers Jaffe has written an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal titled Shale Gas Will Rock the World. The teaser for the article is as follows: “Huge discoveries of natural gas promise to shake up the energy markets and geopolitics. And that’s just for starters.” There is no doubt that Ms. Jaffe and…
There is a letter worth reading published on the Science Magazine web site titled Climate Change and the Integrity of Science. It is signed by dozens of people who are each members of the National Academy of Science, but they make it clear that they are not speaking for the NAS. I understand that there…
I subscribe to the Nuclear Energy Institute YouTube channel. This evening, the above video describing the UAE decision to pursue nuclear energy development was posted. It explains why a nation with a relatively large inventory of oil and gas is interested in spending time and money now to develop a long term commitment to nuclear…
National Grid and Cape Wind announced that they will file a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities on Monday, May 10. Though the press release is full of happy language, there are some numbers in there that should cause some significant concern. According to the release, in 2013 National Grid will begin buying…
When you watch this video, put on your critical thinking cap and consider the following questions: Are all birds equally important? Just because no power plant operates 100% of the time every year, does that mean that all of them are “intermittent” sources of power? Do you like the scale of the environmental impact pictured…
Stewart Brand appeared on the May 6, 2010 episode of the Colbert Report. (I tried to embed the clip, but Blogger does not like the way that the show’s embed code is formatted. It kept telling me that the TD tag was broken. I hit a limit on my HTML coding ability when trying to…