Washington Times review of Jeff Goodell's "Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future"

ByRod Adams

The Washington Times is a conservative paper that many DC workers purchase to provide “balance” to their perception that the Washington Post is full of liberal bias. I give that to you as a preface before mentioning that the paper has published a review of Jeff Goodell’s new book titled “Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future”.

After reading the review, I plan to read the book. It sounds like the author has an entering point of view that is quite a bit different from that of the reviewer, William T. Smith of McLean, VA. Mr. Smith does admit that Goodell did a lot of documentary research that might be useful in understanding and responding to energy supply debates.

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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