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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The Tuesday 20 February 2007 issue of the Wall St. Journal included a cover story about the rapid growth in internal energy demands in Iran. According to the article, the rising middle class, abundant supplies of low cost appliances from China and Turkey and a government policy that subsidizes the cost of oil, gas and…
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On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, I attended another Energy Conversation sponsored by a rapidly growing group of US government agencies and interested individuals. (You can find some background information about how these conversations are organized by visiting Energyconversation.org’s “Why it’s important” page.) The organization had invited Amory Lovins to speak about the Defense Science Board’s…
There has been a strong shift in the talk about nuclear power in the European Union, driven by concerns about global climate change, energy prices and increasing dependence on Russian oil and natural gas. Until recently, Germany’s official position has been that it would continue with its plan to shut down all of its operating…
On Monday, August 4, 2008 I joined a large and generally supportive crowd attending the first of three evening public hearings on the matter of Unistar Nuclear, LLC’s application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a third nuclear power plant at the Calvert Cliff’s site in Lusby, Calvert County Maryland. I…
Mark J. Perry is a professor of finance and economics at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. He recently published an opinion piece titled Should Congress OK new nuclear power plants? Yes: We must replace natural gas that I found on Bradenton.com. (Bradenton is a city on the west coast of Florida between…