…… The Smoking Gun Series Stories of fossil fuel interests fighting nuclear Smoking Gun Part 14 – Peter Hartley Claims Natural Gas is Cheaper Than Nuclear Eric Berger, writing for the Houston Chronicle, published an article on Friday titled Nuclear power’s core of support gains strength. He provided some opposing view commentary from Peter Hartley, a man he describes… Antinuclear activists are too modest Jim Conca has published a couple of recent p…
…o my collection of smoking gun memorabilia. Normally, I tag posts with the smoking gun label when they provide evidence that a fossil fuel related entity has taken a shot at nuclear energy. In this case, the smoking gun shows that there was a time when the nuclear energy developers were taking shots at fossil fuel with some real success. I have often been accused of being a conspiracy theorist when I point to the fact that the people with the grea…
…that includes wind promoters, coal promoters, natural gas promoters, and Environmentalists. Because of that missing piece, this editorial cannot be called a smoking gun (but it will turn up in an Atomic Insights search for “smoking gun” (grin)….
…can be found by searching this site for the phrase “smoking gun” or by going to the archives page and reading through the stories in the “Smoking Gun” or “Fossil fuel competition” topics….
…se. It really all seems to fall into place. Another smoking gun. I found a smoking gun of my own. One of the articles being cited on Wikipedia as to “dangerous nuclear accidents” is by an assistant professor from Singapore at the Lee Kwan Yoo University, or something like that. This report on “accidents” is published in a trade publication called “Exploration and Production: Oil and Gas”: http://www.touchoilandgas.com/ebooks/A1ioj0/eandpvol7iss2/r…
…energy and provide their investments with generous subsidies. I’ll let you continue trying to explain that point of view to the American people. Additional reading Michael Shellenberger has published a terrific smoking gun article of his own after looking into the ties between the NRDC and the renewable energy/natural gas industry. Environmental Group Could Benefit Financially From Closure of Diablo Canyon…
…it from less copper being put into the market by other players. Here’s the smoking gun part of this story. One of the non-profit groups that was the beneficiary of Rio Tinto’s munificent decision to give away 19% of the stock in Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. was the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Education Foundation. That organization was already a publicly active opponent to the mine’s development; its leader is one of the “Greens” who has been…
…t I learned during my service in the US Navy. There are at least two dozen smoking gun articles; the series remains open for more evidence. Your statement about the tie between price regulation and natural gas prices ignores the price history of natural gas during the price deregulated period between 2002-2008. Gas prices for commercial electrical power customers rose rather steadily from about $3 per million BTU to a four month period between Apr…
…er maligns this development is really a mystery to me, and may be entering smoking gun territory (in the sense used by Rod). Electricity demand is projected to be flat for some time in the US, and nuclear salesmen want no new demand (certainly not if it’s also tied to energy storage and advanced battery development). Go figure? Brian Mays EL – I was talking about the Tesla Roadster, because … well … you said, “Tesla makes a luxury model roadst…
…hts and their bases as widely as possible, I am classifying this post as a smoking gun and calling out Richard Muller as a natural gas salesman in a “converted skeptic” costume. PS – there is one point I want to make as clearly as possible. I am not saying that fossil fuel money has changed the results of the work that Muller has done. I am saying that fossil fuel money has helped to change the amount of attention it is being given and might have…
…llegal actions by a major oil interest that played a role in halting the nuclear development program of a major European economy. That action, in this case, was documented as asking the government to stop nuclear power development and burn more oil instead. This is a clear smoking gun. I’d like to thank the people who continue to challenge me to provide additional evidence to support my theory that the effort to slow nuclear energy development inc…
…ted on February 25, 2010 at 7:10 pm) This post has now officially become a smoking gun – one in which a fossil fuel industry spokesman or marketing professional takes clear aim at nuclear energy. (The Sierra Club receives large donations from natural gas interests and has clearly stated that its nation policy is to favor natural gas.) Here is a press release issued in response to President Obama’s announcement of the Southern Company loan guarante…
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