For a modern Missouri, keep CWIP law as it is
A few weeks ago, I asked an Ameren spokesman why the corporation didn’t issue stock to pay for its new nuclear plant. That’s the normal way corporations work, after all.
He replied that nobody would buy stock to build a…
Promoting sustainable energy by leaving out details
Mr. Quinn in an article on 3/26 states “proponents of nuclear power like to say that sustainable energy from the wind and sun is too limited, yet last year the town of Rock Port ,Missouri made national news for being…
We need to reduce energy consumption, not build more plants
Missourians passed an initiative in 1976 to ban raising electric rates while building a new power plant (Construction Work in Progress). Now a 25-page bill to repeal this ban is before the legislature. It is full of special interest regulations…
Nuclear is among the best options for safe, sustainable energy
Regarding the letter “Nuclear power is not safe or sustainable” by Barbara Jennings of the Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investments: It’s interesting to note in her letter, Ms. Jennings gives no reasons for not using nuclear power.
The fear generated concerning Nuclear…
We need to get realistic about energy, not fall prey to dream scenarios
The letters from readers section on Saturday, August 23 had four letters arguing against oil and nuclear power from people allied with The Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investments, Audubon, and the Sierra Club. Naturally they proposed the usual solutions, wind, solar,…
An energy policy or an Armageddon policy?
Let me get this straight. GOP Presidential Candidate U.S. Senator John McCain wants to drill on every conceivable square foot of American soil that might yield crude oil. Then, after turning the entire nation into West Texas, he wants to…
Time for an American energy revolution
In his major speech last week President Bush blamed the Democrats for his energy policy failures of the last seven years. His solution – drill oil wells in environmentally sensitive areas claiming this will send a clear message to the…
The future of fossil fuels, or my summer pulling weeds and reading
The Co2 levels in our environment have reached an all time high. Scientist are no longer arguing about whether climate change is coming , it is definitely here. Coral reefs are bleaching at dying at a rate unknown since the…
Technology has improved so much that nuclear is reasonsable energy solution
The technology of producing power from nuclear fuel has dramatically improved the efficency and safety of the porcess. Generation III and IV reactors use different fuels, operate at higher temperatures, and produce fewer dangerous by-products than the units now in…

