Free Nuclear From Irrational Policies to Triple Output
A total of 38 countries have now signed a pledge to triple global nuclear energy by 2050. I have argued for years that countries should unleash nuclear power by removing the irrational policies holding it back. But the way to unleash nuclear power is not through mandates. Nuclear just needs to be freed from the pseudoscientific policies that have made it unnecessarily expensive and slow to build. That's what countries should focus on if they want nuclear to become economic in the long term.
Nuclear Complements, Not Replaces, Europe’s Fossil Fuel Mix
Myth: European countries should unleash nuclear because they need an affordable, reliable energy source to replace fossil fuels. Truth: European countries should unleash nuclear because they would benefit from an affordable, reliable energy source *in addition to* fossil fuels.
Stop Senate Bill Subsidizing Utility Monopolies and Wasteful Transmission
Tell your Senator not to subsidize electric monopolies at your expense Electric monopolies love building electric transmission lines, whether they are needed or not, because the government requires consumers to pay for them—meaning a guaranteed profit. That’s why we need transmission policies...
Solar‑plus‑storage Can't Meet Global Energy Demand Soon
Elon claims that energy abundance can be achieved with only solar plus battery storage. This is just not true, not today and not for the forseeable future. Even just supplying global electricity demand (around 20% of energy) with solar and storage would...
Solar Saves Fuel, but Isn’t Reliable Power
Not only are there guaranteed to be prolonged periods with almost no sunlight reaching solar panels, but solar panels can be rendered totally dysfunctional by snowfall. Solar is fuel savings, not reliable energy.
Solar's Contribution Is Negligible, Merely a Fuel Saver
Solar powers virtually nothing, let alone India. It is a fuel saver for reliable power sources that depends on reliable power sources.
Stop Anti‑fossil Policies; Let Supply Meet Demand
The same anti-fossil-fuel politicians who spent the last decade sabotaging our electricity supply are now saying we should sabotage demand through a data center moratorium. How about instead we abandon anti-fossil-fuel policies so supply can meet demand and we can be...
Demand for Proof: Nuclear Build Not $9.3B Impact
I want to see a report demonstrating that the “construction phase” of a new nuclear power plant will NOT involve anywhere near $9.3 billion in “economic impact.”
Reopen Hormuz Strait, Not Ban Oil Exports
Want to understand what's going on with rising oil prices and Iran? I gave a full breakdown on @tbpn. The basics: • There is absolutely no substitute for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, whether through rapid victory or through a well-protected convoy. •...
Google’s “Renewable” Data Center Still Runs on Fossil Fuels
Google continues to lie about being "renewable"—this time by claiming a new data center will be powered by "wind and batteries." Let's do some honest journalism here: Google's data center in Minnesota will be connected to the local grid, powered largely by...
California's Anti‑fuel Policies Drive Sky‑high Gas Prices
The government of California has waged war on our in-state fossil fuel supply for decades. Now we rely on 1) limited and expensive in-state fossil fuels, and 2) expensive fossil fuel imports from out of state. Is it any wonder why we...
Illinois Should Scrap Net‑zero Mandate for Cheaper Power
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker just issued an order aimed at facilitating at least 2 GW in nuclear capacity additions. It's good to see an increasingly wider recognition of the potential of nuclear power, which has been stunted for decades by pseudoscientific...
Zero‑Emission Mandates Without Nuclear Threaten Power Prices, Reliability
California, Oregon, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont have aggressive (75-100%) zero-emission electricity mandates AND bans on new nuclear power. If these states don't repeal these policies—and soon—they will face: 1) sky-high electricity rates (from catastrophically expensive overbuilds of solar/wind/batteries and...
Winter Freeze Exposes Solar and Wind’s Reliability Gap
Late January's winter weather was a perfect litmus test for purported replacements of fossil fuels. If a type of “power” or “capacity” cannot reliably contribute to preventing Americans from freezing to death during a week of nationwide cold weather, whatever else...
Closing Fossil Plants Drives Winter Grid Strain, Price Spikes
Had we not shut down so many coal plants and suppressed so many pipelines and prevented so many gas plants, this winter's electricity demand could have been easily and cheaply met. Instead, it strained grids, spiked power prices, and spiked heating...