Category Archives: Energy

Democratic Strategy Underwhelmingly Embarrassing

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Thanos

So it’s quite telling that the Democratic Leadership dropped their election strategy for ’06 late on a Friday afternoon at the beginning of silly season. Continue reading →

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Newt takes on Greenpeace and Global Warming

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Thanos

Newt Gingrich exposes Greenpeace anti-nuclear energy demagogery in this soundbite. Next he takes on global warming here. Continue reading →

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Nuclear Storage needed now

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Thanos

In a balanced article at the SF Chronicle they detail most of the issues surrounding fuel storage, and the reasons why we need to get the Yucca Mountain Storage facility in place. Continue reading →

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Saturday Hodgepodge

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Thanos

Here’s another reason for the demonstrations against the current government of Iran in Azerbaijan — the rantings of Ahmadinejad against Israel might interupt a major source of revenue for the region. Israel buys 40,000 barrels of oil a day from the Azerbaijan region. Continue reading →

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Wind Schism

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Thanos

Anthonares delves into the schisms appearing in the green camp over wind power in this article. It’s well written, and details some of the philosophies underneath the agendas, as I’ve pointed out here in some past posts. (right sidebar, Energy … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Update – Bogus Surveys appearing

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Thanos

In a sign of the desperation seizing the environmental lobbies now that Kyoto is being questioned or even thrown by the wayside by some of the signatories, several groups are now lobbying against nuclear power. They see the coming dissolution … Continue reading →

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Illegal Immigration not only a US problem

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Thanos

In France the intifada has started again Continue reading →

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Non-Nuclear ICBMs

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Thanos

To update an earlier post on this, see the new Reuters story on non-nuclear Trident II missle use here. The International Herald Tribune said the weapon would be a non-nuclear version of the submarine-launched Trident-2 missile and be part of a president’s … Continue reading →

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Germany visits the edge of the Non-Nuclear Power abyss

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Thanos

In Germany politicians earlier made committment to eliminate nuclear power from Germany by 2021 after unrelenting pressure over the last 20 years from the Greens. This even though Nuclear supplies 30% of Germany’s energy at present. After the trick Gazprom pulled … Continue reading →

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Dems and RINOs kill offshore drilling

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Thanos

It appears Congress wants both us and our children dependent on despots and tyrants for energy. Continue reading →

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