Addicts should not expect good results in a negotiation

ByRod Adams

Recent events in the world of politics made me do some thinking about the difficulty of entering into a negotiation with the supplier of a product that you really need. I generally prefer a more equal footing where the supplier is at least as motivated as I am to strike an equitable deal.

If you want to read an expansion on that line of thinking, please visit my post on Red Green and Blue titled Addiction to Oil is not a Good Negotiation Position.

Please understand that I have to engage in a little restraint on this particular topic because of my day job responsibilities.

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Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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