As the Northeast shivers under its first real cold spell and snowfall of the 2005-06 winter, I thought it might be comforting to see a chart of heating oil prices during the past 17 years or so.
What do you mean, you are not comforted? I thought that the heat generated by anger at the chart would help keep you warm!
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Note: (This story corrected on March 8, 2011) The world’s ignorance regarding the health effects of radiation is occasionally incredible. I just came across a story from New Zealand titled Health fears around polar nuke leak that attempted to implicate the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s PM-3A, a small nuclear plant that supplied heat and electricity…
Blatantly ignoring a potent competitor is frequently an effective way to marginalize that competitor. The technique can be particularly useful when practiced by a well known or important spokesman from a position that can be considered to be a bully pulpit. When the President of the United States uses several minutes during a State of…
Judith Lewis has written an excellent investigative article titled “How I tried to stop worrying and love nuclear power” for LA Weekly. She apparently spent the better part of six months researching her story and talking to people all over the country from San Onofre, to Yucca Mountain, to Washington, D. C. Though I still…
Some of you who listen to The Atomic Show might remember episode #132 titled The Atomic Show #132 – Ray Squirrel Interviews (Atomic) Rod Adams. That show was a lengthy interview conducted via Skype during which a journalist asked me a whole bunch of questions. A few of you know that the interview was conducted…
Davic Falchek of the Scranton Times-Tribune web wrote an in-depth look at the past, present and future of nuclear power in Pennsylvania. Here is the link to the article that was published on July 31, 2005. As of 4:57 am on 31 July, the article is simply titled “More News”, but that might change since…
I just finished reading a fascinating article on Bloomberg.com titled Prius Designer Says Industry Must Lose Oil Addiction (Update1). The focus of the article is the challenge facing the world as we move further into an age where oil extraction gets more and more difficult. The writers did a great job of personalizing the story…
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