Wind energy food for thought from Morgan Stanley

ByRod Adams

Today has been a “clean up the office” day. I ran across an old issue of the Wall Street Journal that I had squirreled away, meaning to do something with it. As leafed through the paper, I tried to figure out just why I had saved that particular issue.

I realized that it was for the small advertisement in the bottom right hand corner of the front page. The paper was dated June 25, 2008. The ad photography speaks to my issue with wind energy promoters in a rather subtle way that enhances the value of the words as written. Can anyone pick out the small detail that should make one think long and hard about why it is probably not a good idea to try to base an industrial economy on wind turbines?

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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