Stark Choice – Coal or Nuclear
William Tucker has published a column on The American Enterprise web site titled Global Warming Dilemma – Coal or Nuclear?.
It is short, succinct and correct. Check it out.
William Tucker has published a column on The American Enterprise web site titled Global Warming Dilemma – Coal or Nuclear?.
It is short, succinct and correct. Check it out.
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Aluminum production is a very energy intensive industry. A couple of Russian producers have recently signed MOU’s to support research and development of new nuclear power plants by the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy. You can learn more by reading an article in the Jamaica Gleaner News titled Russian aluminium producers eye new nuclear power…
One of the members of the professional anti-nuclear establishment is a group called the Nuclear Information and Research Service (NIRS). Over the years, the group has collected tens of millions of dollars in payment for their activities. One of their current campaigns is an effort to challenge the logical assertion that people who are concerned…
Scale of 1.5 MWe Turbines at Cefn Croes During the first six months of 2010, the installation rate for wind turbines in the US has dropped by 71% compared to the same period in 2009. Though there are 5,000 MW (peak capacity) still under construction, there are few projects in the planning phases with expected…
There has been a lot of interesting news about atomic energy this past week, a fact that you might have missed if Atomic Insights is a major source of your news. I apologize – sometimes life interferes with blogging. One of the things that has taken up more time than it should have has been…
Steve Aplin, of Canadian Energy Issues, wrote an excellent piece titled Industrial strategy and cheap energy: why China is eating, and will keep eating, our lunch that captured my attention. He described how China is increasingly taking advantage of an enormous internal market to stimulate continued economic development that is lifting hundreds of millions of…
A recent acquaintance provided me with a link to a tool he has created for US citizens to provide feedback to their representatives about the American Energy Act (HR 2828). Please try out the tool and let me know what you think. The tool includes a link to the Thomas.gov site where the draft legislation…