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Broad Interest in Nukes, Especially SMRs, at National Clean Energy Week

October 11, 2017 By Rod Adams 2 Comments

National Clean Energy Week was conceived in June by the Coalition of Responsible Energy Solutions. During July and August the organizers attracted partners, sponsors and speakers. They developed a week-long agenda and located venues for the expo, symposium and panels. Festivities began with a welcome reception for invited guests at Google’s Washington, D.C. office on […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Clean Energy, NCEW 2017

People’s Climate March: Why Nuclear Advocates Felt Excluded And Chose To Stay Away

May 5, 2017 By Rod Adams

People's Climate March includes opposition to biggest clean energy opportunities

On a blisteringly hot April day in Washington, D.C., some people and organizations interested in addressing climate change gathered and marched with signs and chants. Notably, the event excluded the scientists, engineers, clean air advocates, environmentalists and clean energy technologists who recognize that nuclear energy is an important, ultra-low carbon dioxide tool. Along with groups like […]

Filed Under: Climate change

Clean and Doable Liquid Fission (LF) Energy Roadmap for Powering Our World

March 21, 2017 By Guest Author

By: Robert Hargraves and Chris Uhlik Introduction This essay responds to an article by Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson et al, 
100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World. Their controversial WWS roadmap has several interesting features and benefits. Coal, natural gas, and petroleum energy […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Guest Columns, Liquid Fuel Reactors, Small Nuclear Power Plants, Thorium, Thorium Reactors

Elegant simplicity of a CO2 tax and dividend should attract broad spectrum support

February 11, 2017 By Rod Adams

James Hansen and the Citizens’ Climate Lobby have attracted some heavy hitters from the Reagan Administration to the idea that the simplest, most elegant, most market-friendly and effective approach to reducing CO2 emissions is to apply a direct tax (fee) on all fuels in proportion to the amount of CO2 that they would release when […]

Filed Under: Climate change

Eduardo Porter says states that close nuclear are going in wrong direction for climate

January 20, 2017 By Rod Adams

In a recent New York Times column titled On Climate Change, Even States in Forefront Are Falling Short, Eduarto Porter begins by lauding California’s claimed position as a leader in environmental consciousness. He points to recent political statements by the state’s elected officials indicating they plan to stubbornly resist any Trump Administration efforts to interfere […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Solar energy, Unreliables, Wind energy

Will China convert existing coal plants to nuclear using HTR-PM reactors?

November 21, 2016 By Rod Adams

It would be a huge benefit to the earth’s atmosphere if China, India, Brazil and the US could reduce direct coal burning while still making use of much of the capital that they have invested in building coal fired power plants. It would make an even larger difference in reducing air pollution in the areas […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, ANS Winter 2016, Climate change, Gas Cooled Reactors, Graphite Moderated Reactors, New Nuclear, Pebble Bed Reactors

Three nuclear science deniers express their concerns about climate science denial

November 17, 2016 By Rod Adams 60 Comments

A major reason that climate change skepticism has captured a strong foothold in the United States is that many of climate activists are illogical and inconsistent. They profess grave concern about climate change and call it one of the greatest threats to human civilization on Earth. They adamantly refuse to critically consider the usefulness of […]

Filed Under: Climate change, rhetoric, Solar energy, Unreliables, Wind energy

Natural gas burners file suit challenging fairness of New York Zero Emission Credts

October 24, 2016 By Rod Adams 27 Comments

A coalition of electric power producers that operate natural gas-burning generation plants have filed suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. They are challenging the New York State Department of Public Service’s (NYSDPS) recently enacted Zero Emission Credit. Competition wasn’t designed with customers in mind The lawsuit filing document Indicates that […]

Filed Under: Business of atomic energy, Climate change, Economics, Fossil fuel competition, Smoking Gun

Can Modern Charcoal Help Solve Human Created CO2 Problem?

October 9, 2016 By Rod Adams 29 Comments

Human activity has created a carbon dioxide problem. Dr. Frank Shu and his team have a partial solution called “supertorrefaction” that is worth sharing. Problem Solving Versus Panicking When faced with problems, rather than panic or fret, people with an engineering mindset prefer finding solutions using the best available tools. The more creative members of […]

Filed Under: Climate change

Why are nuclear plants losing money at an astonishing rate?

August 18, 2016 By Rod Adams 24 Comments

Joe Romm recently wrote a piece for Climate Progress titled Nuclear Power Is Losing Money At An Astonishing Rate. In that post Romm exaggerates the amount of support that the New York Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) will provide, absolves the massive build out of industrial scale wind and solar from any responsibility for contributing to […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change, Economics

New York’s environment progressed one step forward

August 2, 2016 By Rod Adams 23 Comments

The US environment and electrical supply system measurably improved yesterday. That is something worth celebrating. The New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) took a small, but significant step forward yesterday. By a vote of three yeses and one concur, the commissioners decided to implement a clean energy standard that includes zero emission credits […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change

Atomic Show #257 – Rich Powell, Managing Director Policy and Strategy ClearPath Foundation

July 29, 2016 By Rod Adams 4 Comments

ClearPath Foundation has established a new niche; it is an unabashedly conservative organization that believes that clean energy is an important issue. It is taking aggressive action to seize the initiative. It asserts that the definition of “clean” energy should not be left in the hands of people who do not like material prosperity and […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Climate change, Economics, Podcast

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