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All available energy sources have their limitations and disadvantages as well as their advantages. These limitations are generally well known and frequently repeated. “Everyone knows” most of the following litany of negatives: The world’s supply of oil is limited and concentrated in politically unstable regions of the world. Natural gas is explosive and expensive to…

Dan Rather interviewed Dr. Ernest Moniz as part of an in-depth look at nuclear energy, its future prospects in the United States and its current technological position. Dr. Moniz is a professor at MIT, was one of the co-chairs of the study group that produced MIT’s recent report titled The Future of Natural Gas and…

Jim Riccio, a longtime professional Greenpeace activist, has posted a blog on Greenpeace International titled Obama, the Oracle of Omaha & Nuclear Power in which he strongly recommends that President Obama follow the energy investment lead provided by Warren Buffett. Here is a quote. Time and again, Buffett’s corporation MidAmerican has recognized the risks of…

Andrew Revkin posted a thought provoking blog yesterday titled Bringing Responsible Oversight to the Gas Drilling Boom on the New York Times hosted Dot Earth blog. In that post he agreed with those who have recognized the need for responsible regulation of the rapidly expanding industrial activity using using hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction….

I favor David and Goliath stories, especially when Goliath is a dangerous, selfish and greedy force that puts short term profits in front of health and safety issues that may affect generations. Though I have not yet had the opportunity to watch the movie, I have learned enough about Gasland and the industry that it…

Knowing how ad placement works on the internet, I thought I would capture and share a recent experience I had while reading an article on The Hill E2 Wire titled Libyan turmoil, $100 per barrel oil fuel Republican drilling push on Capitol Hill. I love having a forward looking neighbor and competitor in the nuclear…

I am running a bit late this morning. I was out way past my normal bedtime at the Lynchburg Engineers Week dinner. What an amazing gathering – more than 300 people on a weeknight in a relatively small town who are at least as fascinated as I am with the process of creating useful products…

I am haunted this early morning (0230) by a phrase seen on a blog comment yesterday. Joe Shuster, author of “Beyond Fossil Fools”, was once asked WHO he worked for (implying that he was a paid mouthpiece for some evil concern). His reply was simple, true and spot-on! He replied, “For my grandchildren.” (You can…

The attorneys general of Vermont, New York and Connecticut are once again trying to use “the waste issue” to establish control over the longevity of nuclear energy facilities. Those lawyers hate the idea that large scale, reliable, emission free energy production plants can continue to operate for decades without having to bribe state governments for…

Harvey Wasserman, a long time professional antinuclear energy campaigner, is once again on Huffington Post, claiming that the repeatedly announced increase in the nuclear loan guarantee program is a “giveaway.” He is dead wrong on so many levels. Aside: Please do not be confused by the numbers you read. The recently announced attempt is just…

Disclosure: I am long on AEHI. One of piece of knowledge that I continue to struggle to share with the world is the recognition that there are sometimes large financial rewards available from going negative. Many people instinctively recognize a sales pitch and often discount the source as someone who is interested in making money…

Every once in a while I get a little sarcastic. It might get me in trouble one of these days – or should I say it might get me in more trouble one of these days. I follow a Twitter user named NaturalGasFlk who just tweeted about a post on True Blue Natural Gas titled…