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Theo Simon and George Monbiot – Rational discussion about nuclear energy development

…ears ago. My note to him was in response to an article in which he praised Amory Lovins and indicated that he thought no one could disagree with Lovins’s math. Here is that exchange – which was far shorter than the one between Monbiot and Simon. From: Rod Adams To: George Monbiot Cc: Rod Adams Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:54 AM Subject: I’m investing in new nuclear power Dear Mr. Monbiot: I just wanted to let you know that there is at least…

Endurance and resilience – key attributes of an atomic power system

…onversation.org’s “Why it’s important” page.) The organization had invited Amory Lovins to speak about the Defense Science Board’s publication titled “More Fight, Less Fuel”. I had perused the report and thought I could add something to the conversation. I was particularly interested in the report’s emphasis on using the fully burdened cost of fuel (FBCF) as an input to system procurement decisions and on the topics of endurance and resilience. On…

The Case For Ad Hominem Attacks Against Antinuclear Activists

…. They frequently overstate their academic backgrounds (as is the case for Amory Lovins) and most members of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Sometimes they try to transfer credibility earned in one profession – like being a pediatrician – to imply that they are a credible source of information about nuclear energy or radiation health effects. Sometimes, they actually work for companies that sell competitive products or they have significant fin…

Anti-Nuclear Effectively Means Pro-Fossil Fuel

…others with people who push back pretty hard against my implications that Amory Lovins, the darling of the energy conservation and renewable energy industries, is an effective fossil fuel salesman and has been for more than 35 years. They point to his many publications over the years talking about energy efficiency, getting off of oil, and winning the oil end game, and ask how I can possibly believe that a man who writes so eloquently about his d…

Renewable energy industry lobby signs letter demanding continuation of "vital" subsidies

…from the letter, especially in light of the bold statements by people like Amory Lovins and Harvey Wasserman who state that nuclear power has lost out in a free market to wind, solar and other renewables. . . .the significant market acceleration created by these tax incentives is about to stall if Congress does not act to extend these programs. Companies across the country are facing imminent decisions about whether to move forward with new renewa…

Joe Romm's Emotionally Charged Anti-Nuclear Pitch at Huffington Post

Joe Romm, an Amory Lovins protege and strongly partisan anti-nuclear activist who claims to be concerned about climate change, has published an emotionally charged diatribe at HuffingtonPost.com against the very idea that the US Senate included emission-free nuclear power in its list of clean energy sources eligible for loan guarantee programs under the stimulus bill. Comments are encouraged on Huffington Post, so I added mine. Unfortunately, the…

Efficiency Improvements and Cost Reduction Efforts Related To Uranium Enrichment Cause Concern For Some "Nuclear Policy Experts"

…hat can lead to frustrating arguments is the question of cost. People like Amory Lovins and Joe Romm oppose nuclear energy because they claim that it costs too much and displaces investments that should – in their opinion – be directed towards using less energy altogether and towards developing wind, solar, and geothermal sources for those energy needs that remain after all possible efficiencies have been wrung out. Lovins preaches a seductive gos…

Power, Defined as Energy Use Per Unit Time, Correlates to Prosperity

…and energy efficiency as the cheapest, quickest form of new energy supply. Amory Lovins famously gave this response to energy challenges the name “negawatts”. Conservation and efficiency are attractive notions – people raised during the Depression and their children often decry other people’s way of living as wasteful. Everyone likes the idea of getting something for nothing. A certain portion of the pundit population loves the idea that altering…

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Purposeful price pumping by constraining supply

…ecognize that this philosophy has its gurus in people like Paul Ehrich and Amory Lovins who have produced several pithy quotes about the hazards of developing clean, abundant sources of power and making them readily available to average people. The energy conservation gurus like high energy prices because price serves as a way to ration power, which is apparently a product that the elitist gurus think most people should not have. Another commenter…

If Nuclear Is As Superior As Its Supporters Claim, Why Won't "Wall Street" Provide All The Necessary Capital?

…any to design and build atomic engines. Fast forward to today. People like Amory Lovins, Jim Riccio, and Joe Romm claim that nuclear is just too expensive to matter and point to the decisions made by “Wall Street” financiers. Setting aside for a moment the poor judgement that those individuals have exhibited for at least the past decade, I want to offer you some additional reasons why they might not want to finance large new nuclear power stations…

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Is Nuclear Renewable? – Michael Eckhart, President of American Council On Renewable Energy Says NO!

…ks by four people, Mr. Tom Blees, Dr. Yoon Chang, Dr. Eric Loewen, and Mr. Amory Lovins. Blees, Chang and Loewen shared their visions of technology developments that can enable an abundant future. They talked about systems that provide human energy needs cleanly and affordably by using natural atomic energy in plants where the fuel is continuously being recycled through fast spectrum reactors. Atomic Insights reader Bill Losby Visiting EBR-1 Summe…

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The Atomic Show #006 (MP3 – 15.8MB – 46min)

…mmercial power plants but want to learn more about nuclear technology or have distributed power needs that can best be served by small power plants. Shane and Rod then shift gears completely to a discussion of energy efficiency and talk a little about Amory Lovins, who has been one of the gurus of the energy efficiency community for the past 30 years. Listen carefully, you might learn a little known tidbit about Mr. Lovins early academic career. P…

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