Year: 2010

The artists at PopAtomic Studios continue to provoke thoughts with imagery. The above image is available in full resolution from Fossil Fuels are Dead. Stop by to tell Suzy and her team what you think of their work!

One of the more reliably anti nuclear groups in Canada is the Energy Probe Research Foundation. Here is a quote from that organization’s web site regarding its position on nuclear energy: In the early 1970s, Energy Probe saw nuclear power as a relatively clean and economic alternative to coal, then a highly polluting form of…

Unlike businessmen and investors trained in the Warren Buffett school that focuses on companies with a market monopoly; I actually enjoy competition. I think it is good for both the participants and their customers because it pushes improvements that are mutually beneficial. Many of my most successful investments have been in companies that are successful…

My friend Suzy Hobbs over at PopAtomic Studios has posted an important story of personal discovery and patient teaching in a blog titled The Beginning of My Nuclear Education. In her high school biology class, she was taught that nuclear energy and radiation was something to be terribly worried about. She went home and confronted…

Yesterday, Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State who gave a key presentation to the UN as part of the Bush Administration’s efforts to justify its decision to go to war in Iraq, appeared on Meet the Press. The discussion covered a lot of current political topics, including the current effort to discourage Iran from…

In January of 2009, I was contacted by a young man who introduced himself as an aspiring documentary film maker who was an avid listener of The Atomic Show Podcast. Ray grew up on Long Island and was always interested in the saga of the local nuclear power plant at Shoreham. He had developed a…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Dr. Ed Lyman’s testimony in front of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future in a post titled Union of Concerned Scientists Opposes ALL Proposed Used Fuel Recycling Efforts. I asked readers to watch his presentation and dissect it from a technical perspective. Dr. Lyman has…

Have you ever been in a room where there are dozens, or even hundreds of people, who are involved in a heated discussion about seemingly intractable topics like producing reliable energy without producing air pollution, producing compact energy that can push ships and locomotives in a world of rapidly depleting petroleum, or figuring out how…

Each week a group of nuclear energy enthusiasts who are regularly sharing what they know about one of the most important topics of our time pull out their favorite or most informative posts of the week and compile links and summaries into a single post. For busy people who want to keep up on the…

I am going to make a few large, unlinked generalizations and provide a rather long winded introduction to an interesting assessment of the potential for shale gas to change the gas game from its volatile history of price peaks and valleys to one of decades worth of low priced gas. If you are short on…

I’m going to go out on a limb – I oppose energy efficiency programs that are marketed as a source of new energy. I know that some people who work in this field are quite sincere, but I have been paying close attention to energy issues for too many decades now to get hoodwinked. When…