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08.28.2008 11:07 am

Nuclear is among the best options for safe, sustainable energy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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08.25.2008 12:55 pm

We need to get realistic about energy, not fall prey to dream scenarios

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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,…

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08.11.2008 12:37 pm

An energy policy or an Armageddon policy?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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07.21.2008 3:33 pm

Time for an American energy revolution

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 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…

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06.30.2008 5:20 pm

The future of fossil fuels, or my summer pulling weeds and reading

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.22.2008 2:21 pm

Technology has improved so much that nuclear is reasonsable energy solution

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.18.2008 4:02 pm

CWIP protects against all sorts of costs

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

David Miller rails against activists (6/16/08) who succeeded in gathering signatures to put a “construction work in progress” (CWIP) measure on the ballot in the early 1980s. CWIP was approved by the voters two to one. Miller claims this vote…

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04.04.2008 6:06 pm

Climate-change crusaders fail to recognize value of nuclear energy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The fanfare over Al Gore’s $300 million campaign to push for greenhouse gas emissions reductions shouldn’t obscure the fact that he exhibits little enthusiasm for a carbon-free technology – namely nuclear energy – that is identified as a tool to…

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