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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

Atomic Show # 255 – Powerful fuels can enable human freedom and prosperity

July 8, 2016 By Rod Adams 7 Comments

Some people who are not well versed in human history believe that fossil fuels are inherently evil, costly and harmful to human health. They ignore the side of the accounting ledger that documents the incredibly beneficial effects concentrated fuels have provided to overall human freedom, happiness, self actualization and reduction of dependence on nature. Those […]

Filed Under: Alternative energy, Climate change, Fossil fuel competition, Fracking, Natural Gas, Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Wild storms in Virginia crushed my plans to March for Environmental Hope

June 24, 2016 By Rod Adams 4 Comments

After spending the day scrambling for funds, packing my knapsack, arranging transportation and convincing my wife that I was not “crazy” to believe I should drop everything to head across the country to participate in a four-day march/organizing event with a bunch of rabble-rousing environmentalists, Mother Nature (or God, if you prefer) stepped in to […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Climate change

Atomic Show #254 – Don’t let a crisis go to waste

June 5, 2016 By Rod Adams 13 Comments

Rachel Pritzker and Ben Heard, two skilled communicators that have recognized the immense gift to humanity represented by the tightly packed power inside uranium and thorium nuclei, joined me in a terrific discussion about effectively communicating the awesome story of nuclear energy. It should be apparent by now that the US nuclear industry is facing […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Aging nuclear, Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Climate change, Podcast

Global Climate Panel at Nuclear Energy Assembly

May 27, 2016 By Rod Adams 9 Comments

During the recently completed Nuclear Energy Assembly in Miami, Fl, one of the panel discussions focused on the importance of ensuring that nuclear energy has a loud voice and is at the table in policy discussions related to clean power production and CO2 emissions reductions. The panel participant list included a last minute change, substituting […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Atomic Advocacy, NEA 2016

Sierra Club’s Michael Brune Offers Lousy Excuses About Nuclear Energy Position

May 16, 2016 By Rod Adams 27 Comments

During the ECO:nomics Conference held in Santa Barbara, CA April 6-8 2016, the Wall Street Journal’s Russell Gold Michael Brune peppered Sierra Club’s Executive Director with direct questions about his organization’s current and potential position vis a vis nuclear energy and climate change. Brune’s dismissive responses insulted the thousands of hard-working people who have been […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Climate change, Politics of Nuclear Energy

The Worth-It Threshold – When gas or gas + renewables is as bad for climate as a coal plant

April 9, 2016 By Guest Author 104 Comments

The following article dovetails nicely as support for several articles that are in the queue. Those articles will describe a global case of ill-advised groupthink about a future energy supply system consisting of unreliable wind and solar power generation. My interpretation is that the “100% renewables” goal is a seductive mirage that has been carefully […]

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

Mr. Atomic Goes to New York for The Future of Energy – Part 1

April 8, 2016 By Rod Adams 5 Comments

On April 4 and 5, I had the pleasure of attending the 9th annual The Future of Energy Summit organized by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and held at the Grand Hyatt next door to New York’s Grand Central Station. The organizing theme of this year’s event, The Age of Plenty, the Age of Competition […]

Filed Under: Alternative energy, Advanced Atomic Technologies, Climate change, Fossil fuel competition, Unreliables, Wind energy

California’s “fix” for global warming is one step forward, two steps back

March 20, 2016 By Rod Adams 88 Comments

The March/April 2016 issue of Mother Jones includes a thoughtful piece by Gabriel Kahn titled Dreamers of the Golden Dream: Does California have a blueprint to fix global warming?. Regular Atomic Insights readers will not be surprised to find that I’ve already decided that California’s chosen path for reducing CO2 emissions and dependence on fossil […]

Filed Under: Unreliables, 100% WWS, Atomic politics, Climate change

Clean energy, sustainable energy – both terms include nuclear energy

January 18, 2016 By Rod Adams 39 Comments

For the Democratic Party debate held last night, the scientists at MinuteEarth were asked to provide a video giving some context for their question to the candidates about climate change. Here is their video, their question and responses from Senator Bernie Sanders and Governor Mark O’Malley. Secretary Clinton wasn’t given a chance to answer; it […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Climate change

295th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs

January 11, 2016 By Rod Adams Leave a Comment

Atomic Insights is proud to be hosting the 295th weekly addition of the Carnival of Nuclear Blogs. Here are some of the highlight posts produced during the first full week of 2016. From Yes Vermont Yankee: Vermont Yankee was replaced by natural gas: Doing the numbers By: Meredith Angwin and The replacement for Vermont Yankee […]

Filed Under: Carnival, Climate change

Is slowly rising sea level really a concern for nuclear power plants?

January 5, 2016 By Rod Adams 30 Comments

Christina Nunez wrote a piece for National Geographic titled As Sea Levels Rise, Are Coastal Nuclear Plants Ready?. It is a journalistically balanced piece that poses a worrying question about nuclear plant vulnerability. It begins by describing reasons to support nuclear energy along with reasons why some oppose and fear it. It includes critical commentary […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Climate change, Fossil fuel competition

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