Quick note – go and read Op-Ed: Nuclear Power is looking for a new identity and the associated comments. The blog is not supportive of atomic energy, but the comments sure are interesting.
Off to enjoy the warmth of the coming spring with another lengthy bike ride.
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I’ve got a hot tip for you. According to an article in Seattlepi.com titled What’s next for Gates? Anything he can dream up, Gates is taking an active interest in a nuclear power project. He has been talking about all kinds of ideas with Nathan Myhrvold, the former chief technology officer at Microsoft. According to…
I encourage you all to visit the active discussion going on at Depleted Cranium about wind energy limitations. Here is a sample: I shouldn’t complain though. I’m glad to see that wind energy is finally getting some of the criticism it deserves in the mainstream media. Just like biofuels started getting called on its various…
This morning I found a couple of interesting – if ill-informed – posts by Dave Roberts on Gristmill, a blog hosted by Grist Magazine, which is a environmentally focused publication whose views I often share. His entry titled Nuclear: no alternatives? aims to make the case that nuclear power should be our last option; that…
At the recent ANS meeting, I had the opportunity to talk with some people from the Public Information Committee. One shared the above with me – it is one side of a postcard addressed to: The Outreach DepartmentAmerican Nuclear Society555 N. Kensington AvenueLa Grange Park, IL 60526. Outreach.ans.org I thought you might enjoy seeing it….
Nuclearstreet.com has a good news story about a recent Gallup Poll that shows that 59% of Americans favor the use of nuclear energy, including a 27% segment that “strongly favor” its use. One piece of the survey results that I want to discuss is the following comment about gender differences: Gallup has always found consistent…
Jason Ribero at Pro-Nuclear Democrats embedded the below video on his site a few days ago. I thought Atomic Insights readers might also enjoy watching it. It is no wonder why tireless fossil fuel marketers like T. Boone Pickens, Joe Romm, John Podesta, Ted Turner, and Tim Wirth are such fans of wind energy. It…