My new favorite columnist – Bill Mego

ByRod Adams

Bill Mego writes for the Naperville Sun, one of the Suburban Chicago Newspapers. On July 15, 2005, this was the title of his column – Time to admit nuclear power advocates are right. You NEED to read this column.

Since I live in Annapolis, MD, and not the suburbs of Chicago, I had never read any of Bill’s columns before a friend recommended that I read the one mentioned above. I have just spent the past hour or so reading the rest of the columns that I found on his paper’s web site. (You can find his columns by going to the search page and entering Bill Mego as the search term).

Bill writes clearly and recognizes that issues are not black and white. Unlike many opinion columnists, he seems to understand that there are way more than “2 sides” to every argument.

Apparently, his column is published every Monday Friday. I have a new link in my bookmarks and a new item on my weekly to do list. (Thanks to Stewart for the correction on the day of the week when Bill Mego’s column appears.)

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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