Stark Choice – Coal or Nuclear
William Tucker has published a column on The American Enterprise web site titled Global Warming Dilemma – Coal or Nuclear?.
It is short, succinct and correct. Check it out.
William Tucker has published a column on The American Enterprise web site titled Global Warming Dilemma – Coal or Nuclear?.
It is short, succinct and correct. Check it out.
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In a development that should surprise no one, corn prices on commodities markets have increased dramatically this year. According to a recent article on Bloomberg.com titled Corn Rises in Chicago as Export Demand Surges, Supplies Shrink this price increase has been caused by lower production (a drop of 1.9% from last year) and increased demand…
The Telegraph published an article titled Chernobyl: The toxic tourist attraction that is clearly designed to play off of the upcoming (April 26) 25th anniversary of the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. The teaser for the article reinforces that assumption. As Ukraine prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl…
A couple of days ago, I blogged about the interesting way that National Public Radio (NPR) produced a three part feature piece on natural gas that portrayed the extraction businesses involved in natural gas as powerless “little guys”. That blog post, like all Atomic Insights blog posts, was republished at The Energy Collective, where it…
World Nuclear News has published a brief article with the following thought-provoking quote “EDF Energy said: “One element we will be consulting on as we develop our plans is the visual impact the plants will have.” I think it is fantastic news – perhaps there will be even more people interested in having a nuclear…
Okay – I’ll admit that sometimes I am a bit slow to discover good items. There is just so much time during the day and so much material to read. Stuart Peterson, a frequent commenter on this blog, has his own blog at Nuclear Is Our Future. About a month ago, he published a terrific…
Over the years I have gathered a rather eclectic library of books and articles on energy issues and technologies. I have posted a PDF of my book list as of May 2009. The article list is far longer and needs some formatting and updating before posting. My intent is to periodically update the list and…