UP 5647 east.Uploaded by BNSFrailfan. – Discover new destinations and travel videos. This might get a little boring. Think about how the people who live next to the tracks feel as they see fuel trains like this pass by with depressing regularity. There are 127 cars full of coal, each carrying approximately 100 tons of…
In contrast to the gullible solar energy promotional article from the UPI that I wrote about yesterday in Gullible Reporting by UPI…, I found an exception bit of investigative journalism at Dailymail.co.uk this morning. The article, written by Simon Parry in China and Ed Douglas in Scotland, is titled In China, the true cost of…
Almost exactly six months ago, the New York Times was taken in by a well-orchestrated media event by NC Warn, an antinuclear activist group, when its editors chose to publish an Energy and Environment Special Report titled Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage. On January 28, 2010, the UPI published a story in their Science News…
I think I will let this one speak for itself. Thank you to Barry Brook at BraveNewClimate for sharing this brief video, created by his sister, Marion. Note: This video has been updated since the initial posting. Marion clarified a comparison that was challenged for mixing primary fuel consumption with electrical power consumption.
Source: WCAX.com (January 26, 2011) IBM warns lawmakers about the loss of Vt. Yankee Vermont is one of the lucky places where a mature nuclear power plant provides a significant portion of the electrical power. Unfortunately, Vermont leaders are acting a bit like a spoiled heir that has no idea how generous his ancestors have…
Antinuclear activists often think they have a tossed a trump card into an energy related discussion when they misquote a phrase included in a 1954 speech by Lewis L. Strauss, the politically appointed head of the Atomic Energy Commission. According to people who are fundamentally opposed to the safe and economical use of atomic fission,…
There is a lengthy and thought provoking article and comment thread at ProPublica titled Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated. It provides more data and support for a theory that I have been sharing for quite some time – much of what you hear and read about the benefits of increasing our dependence…
Before the Arab Oil Embargo in the early 1970s, Westinghouse was engaged in a project called Offshore Power Systems. The idea was that they would build large nuclear power units in a factory and float them to destinations off of the coast near major load centers. The large plants would be placed on artificial steel…
The week of January 24-28 is National Nuclear Science Week. Here is how the organizers of the celebration describe their goal for the week: National Nuclear Science Week is a national, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and national interest on all aspects of nuclear science. Each day will provide for learning about…
A bit more than 50 years ago, Hyman G. Rickover published a book with a prescription for America’s educational system titled Education and Freedom. In that book, Rickover shared some of his thoughts about the importance of high standards, enabling students with facts, and the benefits that entire nations gain when people achieve mastery of…
I have had the opportunity this weekend to engage in two rewarding online discussion threads about the future of nuclear energy in Minnesota, a state that currently has a law on the books that is viewed as an effective moratorium on new nuclear power plants. Though Minnesota is a bit too far north for me…
This is a rant to share a communication frustration and to ask for assistance in figuring out a better way to tell what I think is an important thought about energy. Not quite 70 years ago, a small group of really bright people spent a few months stacking graphite bricks and lumps of uranium dioxide…