Last week, our Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration released an announcement and a graph that appeared to show wind as the leading new source of electricity. “Wind, natural gas, and solar made up almost all new electric generation capacity in 2015, accounting for 41%, 30%, and 26% of total additions, respectively, according to preliminary data. The data also show …
Why Green Energy Means No Energy
Here are some basic facts about energy and human well-being. There are 7 billion people in the world who need cheap, plentiful, reliable energy to flourish. Some three billion have virtually no energy by our standards. Over a billion have no electricity whatsoever. In the history of energy technology, only three methods of energy have proven able to produce cheap, …
Power Hour: James Rust on the History of Opposition to Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels
On this episode of Power Hour I talk to Dr. James Rust, a long-time nuclear engineering professor who experienced firsthand the Green movement’s assault on nuclear power and subsequent assault on fossil fuels. Download Episode 119 with James Rust Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
Power Hour: Kirk Sorensen on The Nuclear Opportunity
On this week’s Power Hour I discuss the potential of nuclear power with thorium advocate and Flibe Energy founder Kirk Sorensen. Download Episode 111 with Kirk Sorensen Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
Power Hour: Rod Adams on Nuclear Policy
On this week’s Power Hour, I’m joined by Rod Adams, publisher of Atomic Insights, to discuss the past, present, and future of nuclear policy. Download Episode 107 with Rod Adams Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
Power Hour: Rod Adams on The Secret History of Nuclear Power
On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Rod Adams, publisher of Atomic Insights, about nuclear power and how the build time as well as the cost for new reactors have been increased by irrational fear of it. Download Episode 97 with Rod Adams Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
Fossil Fuels Work. Footsteps, Hazelnuts, and Wind Energy Don’t: Alex Epstein’s Writings Through the Moral Case Release
As he said in a recent newsletter update, Alex has been “writing up a storm” since the weeks prior to the release of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. You’ve probably read several of the articles already as we’ve shared them around piece-by-piece. But you’ve also probably missed at least some, so much like with his People’s Climate March Counter-Protest, I put together an overview of this …
Power Surge: Pipelines, EPA Scare Stories, NATURAL Gas in Groundwater, Ocean Not-Acidification, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Recycling Facility
In this episode Alex and Steffen cover these news stories: The Canadian Energy East pipeline is in the crosshairs of environmentalists. EPA head Gina McCarthy puts out a scare story about how climate change will give children asthma. A recent study in New York State to establish baseline water quality confirmed once more that methane contamination is mostly natural and …
Power Surge: Lightning Edition
On this lightning edition episode Alex and Steffen cover the following news stories: Lockheed’s Skunk Works is working on a compact fusion reactor, promising a prototype in 5 years. A new study on fracking impacts reveals that drilling into the ground creates seismic activity but in the case of fracking this activity cannot be felt by humans. 350.org is pitting …
Power Surge: Japan Keeps the Lights On with Fossil Fuel Imports, Canada Wants to Build More Pipelines for Oil Sands Resources, American Lung Association Propaganda
[audio: http://industrialprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Power-Surge-20140713.mp3] Click here to Play or Save this Episode On this episode Alex and Steffen talk about the additional fossil fuel imports Japan relies on after shutting down most of its nuclear capacity after the Fukushima tsunami, Canada’s preliminary approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline, which will bring oil from the Alberta oil sands to the export terminals at …