Has the fossil fuel industry worked to slow nuclear power development?

ByRod Adams

After pointing to the clear thinking on the natural progression of energy technology provided on Chicago Boyz, I have continued to participate in an interesting conversation thread tied to Shannon Love’s post titled Fantasy Energy.

Shannon’s position is that the only real opposition to nuclear power developments has been the technology fearing leftists who vocally oppose nuclear power and make that a clear part of their public communications. My position is that the vocal opposition has been greatly assisted by the understandable efforts by fossil fossil fuel interests to protect their market share by doing all they can to slow the growth of a competitive power source with enormous technical advantages.

I would be interested in hearing your feedback on the quality of the argument and any suggestions that you might have for improving my debating skills.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

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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