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Smoking gun: LNG ship builders and their financial backers stoke nuclear fears

ByRod Adams

…nking said companies to your claim of “stoking nuclear fears” – i.e., the “smoking gun.” In fact what you have presented is the opposite of the metaphorical smoking gun – all you’ve established is that someone stands to gain at nuclear’s expense, and that they have identified that opportunity openly. That, in and of itself, is not a smoking gun, no matter how much Elements of Style you care to apply to it – it’s innuendo. Again, you have not concl…

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Smoking Gun research continuing in earnest

ByRod Adams

…ping the Anglo-American green agenda (This section is also pertinent to my smoking gun theory) Population control becomes US ‘national security’ (This section discusses the growth in power of the self-proclaimed neo-Malthusians.) Here are some of the quotes from Engdahl’s important work of history that qualify as smoking guns. One principal concern of the authors of the 400 percent oil price increase was how to ensure their drastic action did not…

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Smoking gun – CEO of U.S.-Central Asia Biofuels Ltd decrying nuclear energy

ByRod Adams

…e from the article’s conclusion that helps to show how this qualifies as a smoking gun that might even satisfy Steve Skutnik, my favorite smoking gun skeptic. So, what to make of Japan’s tepid decision to downsize its nuclear energy commitment? Thoughtful analysts might note that Europe’s leading technological powerhouses, Germany and Japan, have apparently decided to pursue energy alternatives to nuclear while France, Europe’s leading user of nuc…

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Smoking gun: AEC told President Kennedy why coal industry was opposed to nuclear energy

ByRod Adams

…gram. (AEC, CNP p. 61) Then comes the part that made me classify this as a smoking gun. Concern has been expressed lest conversion to nuclear power might cause severe dislocations in the coal industry and hence on transportation, especially the railroads. This is definitely not the case. (AEC, CNP p. 61) The report does not detail who expressed the concerns or how they expressed the concerns. It is important to recognize that the AEC — which had l…

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Smoking gun: Robert Anderson provided initial funds to form Friends of the Earth

ByRod Adams

…is still (figuratively, speaking, since he passed away in 2007) holding a smoking gun as a well-placed member of the international petroleum industry who helped to establish the antinuclear movement with money and a political push. King Saud may not have taken Anderson’s threat very seriously in 1956, because at that time there were no commercial nuclear plants in operation. It might also have been that he recognized that if the American governme…

Smoking Gun Part 3 (Direct anti-nuclear comment from an Australian coal industry supporter)

ByRod Adams

…are new to the Atomic Insights Blog or who have simply forgotten about the smoking gun articles, this series is an attempt to document evidence of one of my primary theories. Based on about fifteen years worth of research, a little bit of understanding of human nature from life and literature, and a sideline of involvement in competitive businesses, I have reached the conclusion that a large portion of the financial and political support that has…

Smoking Gun Part 15 – Roger Sowell, "Refinery Defense Attorney" Argues That Used Nuclear Fuel is an "Embarrassing" Legacy

ByRod Adams

…ower. Reminder: In case you have forgotten or are new to Atomic Insights, “Smoking Gun” posts are about people who are directly associated with the fossil fuel establishment who work to oppose nuclear fission power. They are my tidbits of evidence gathered in building the case that the real power that has opposed nuclear energy is not “The Environmentalists”, but the establishment fossil fuel industry that hates the idea of losing its addicts. You…

Smoking Gun Part 16 – Leader of British National Union Of Miners Demands CCS and Nuclear Shutdown

ByRod Adams

…railroad employees. A good friend sent me a link to one of the most direct smoking guns I have been able to post in quite some time. It is a YouTube video of an August 2008 BBC interview with Arthur Scargill, the former President of the British National Union of Miners. The occasion for the interview was Scargill’s attendance at Climate Camp 2008. Please watch this brief interview to help you understand just what I am trying to say about the confl…

Smoking gun Part 7 – Australian mining union targets nuclear as a job threat

ByRod Adams

The ‘smoking gun’ series on Atomic Insights provides links to articles that describe a direct anti-nuclear statement from someone who is openly supporting a competitive energy source. This afternoon, I received an anonymous tip with a link to an article in The Australian dated July 30, 2007 and titled Nuclear threatens our jobs: union. Here is the smoking gun part of the article: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union mining division bos…

Kevlar Vest – Opposite of a Smoking Gun (#1 in a series)

ByRod Adams

…y coal, oil and/or gas. I even have a series of blogs with the keyword of “smoking gun” (go ahead, do a search in that little block at the top left of your Atomic Insights window) that points to places where the source is a bit more open about motivation – “smoking gun” articles on Atomic Insights are generally those where an anti-nuclear comment comes directly from someone with an admitted interest in selling more coal, oil or gas. In all fairnes…

Smoking Gun – Jerry Taylor, a Fellow at the Cato Institute, founded by a Koch, Focuses Libertarian Rhetoric Against Nuclear, but Ignores Natural Gas Subsidies

ByRod Adams

…ry action. Others might disagree with my categorization of this video as a smoking gun, but Source Watch indicates that the Cato Institute was co-founded by Charles Koch. Here is what the entry says about that co-founder – he is “the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries; the largest privately owned company in the United States. Though diversified, the company amassed most of its fortune in oil trading and refining.” It is also worth noting that…

How did an oil shale investor hamstring his atomic energy competition? (Ancient but impactful smoking gun)
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How did an oil shale investor hamstring his atomic energy competition? (Ancient but impactful smoking gun)

ByRod Adams

…rnance choices imposed an important delay in efforts to put atomic energy to use in serving humanity. That’s my focus area. While my research and broad-based reading on this topic will continue, I felt the need to stop and document a specific, intriguing story that qualifies as a smoking gun. Note: On Atomic Insights, ‘smoking gun’ is a category of posts that document instances of nuclear opposition that can be directly tied to the desires of comp…

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