“Despite Georgia Power’s early confidence about staying on track, the massive nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle south of Augusta is more than three years behind schedule. The company’s share of costs are at least $1.4 billion, or 23 percent, over original projections — enough to build two new Braves stadiums and still have a fortune left over.”
– Matt Kempner, “Overruns Invite Questions about Vogtle Approval,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 5, 2015.
“The new generation of nuclear plants was supposed to be simpler, more efficient, and safer. The construction was to be easier with the use of modular components. Implementation of the new designs are in trouble all over the world because designs are seriously flawed.” (Jim Clarkson, below)
“Iceberg off the Starboard Bow!” The big ship Vogtle is headed for trouble.…
Continue Reading“The IPCC model looks more worthless by the day, but the authors needed explanations and accordingly invented them. My favorite was that property crimes would rise because warmer weather encouraged people to go outdoors and burglars would thrive. (The original working paper explained that this was a consequence of climate becoming more “pleasant,” but the published version is missing this.)”
There are supplies of and demands for just about everything. Find a way to subsidize supply (say taxation), intensify demand (media) or both and soon you have a growth industry. Like climate crisisology.
The crisis of our day started innocently, a possibly interesting use of research funds. In the 1970s, and into the 1980s, it was the story of a world facing a probably, if not inescapable, ice age. By the early 1990s, planetary warming had won the competition for funds and media attention.…
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Some simply amazing articles this time, are:
Dr. Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit
College Professor Turns Whistleblower on Global Warming
Carmen Krogh’s Turbine Health Studies Synopsis
Wind Energy Chronology: A Timeline
New Study finds major error in climate models
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Greed Energy Economics:
Stop dumping billions into unreliable wind power
What Do We Have To Show for Gov’t Wind Power Subsidies?…
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