Many things are starting to become clearer and clearer to me. I support responsible LNG but would never make any transition away from Nuclear to coal. The entire endeavor is more than a fool's errand and lacking in scientific merit. I know you need no convincing but am starting to understand the picture of what "green" as in green new deal. Or 'green' transition actually means on the ground. It's also for public consumption/information. For the record - hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar - wave when it becomes mature (so excited) battery, some hydrogen, LNG last. Never all in on any one technology. A phase out fossils adding resilient baseload while decommissioning more 'dirty' options. A calculated measured approach.
I know I'm preaching to the choir. Thank you for additional information that helps me get a broader view.
Canada has also tried to kill nuclear, which is ridiculous.
What I find remarkable is how much of this I've learned in the last 5 years. How much is publicly hidden. How the democrats are willing to rewrite history as are the liberals in Canada for their long standing race-baiting, pathetic attempt at indigenous reconciliation. After meeting members of the Fraser Valley Health board of directors, I realize that it's incompetence/fear across the board, in energy policy, healthcare, finance. Incompetence across party, age, race.
Canada has excelled in nuclear while environmentalists, not understanding the 'science' have tried for decades to squash it.
I often bite the hand - but it certainly does not feed me or my community.
I enjoy both your and Robert's substack. Thank you for clarifying so much with insider information - particularly about California as there seems to be a dominant narrative about nuclear that affects, Oregon, Washington, and B.C. oddly enough.
Thank you for your endorsement. Vested fossil-fuel interests such as PacifiCorp aggressively lobby across the American West, including BC because three is lots of hydro in BC. My brother who retired to Vancouver Island previously worked for BC Hydro. He maintains an interest in power generation. In 1971, he earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley . Even his views regarding nuclear power aren't as sharply opposed now. :-)
I also recommend Chris Keefer, M.D.'s Decouple Substack at https://www.decouple.media/ Dr. Keefer is a practicing Emergency Room M.D. in Toronto, Canada.
https://www.counterfire.org/article/canada-s-brutal-and-dangerous-pipeline-police/
https://climateandcapitalism.com/2015/02/19/rcmp-versus-anti-petroleum-movement/
Many things are starting to become clearer and clearer to me. I support responsible LNG but would never make any transition away from Nuclear to coal. The entire endeavor is more than a fool's errand and lacking in scientific merit. I know you need no convincing but am starting to understand the picture of what "green" as in green new deal. Or 'green' transition actually means on the ground. It's also for public consumption/information. For the record - hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar - wave when it becomes mature (so excited) battery, some hydrogen, LNG last. Never all in on any one technology. A phase out fossils adding resilient baseload while decommissioning more 'dirty' options. A calculated measured approach.
I know I'm preaching to the choir. Thank you for additional information that helps me get a broader view.
Canada has also tried to kill nuclear, which is ridiculous.
Thank you for your comments, Binder. I believe that many fossil energy firms practice franchise protection by funding the "Anti Industry Industry." https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/the-anti-industry-industry See also "Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You." https://greennuke.substack.com/p/dont-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you
What I find remarkable is how much of this I've learned in the last 5 years. How much is publicly hidden. How the democrats are willing to rewrite history as are the liberals in Canada for their long standing race-baiting, pathetic attempt at indigenous reconciliation. After meeting members of the Fraser Valley Health board of directors, I realize that it's incompetence/fear across the board, in energy policy, healthcare, finance. Incompetence across party, age, race.
Canada has excelled in nuclear while environmentalists, not understanding the 'science' have tried for decades to squash it.
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/market-snapshots/2017/market-snapshot-canadas-nuclear-energy-output-ranked-6th-in-world.html
I often bite the hand - but it certainly does not feed me or my community.
I enjoy both your and Robert's substack. Thank you for clarifying so much with insider information - particularly about California as there seems to be a dominant narrative about nuclear that affects, Oregon, Washington, and B.C. oddly enough.
Thank you for your endorsement. Vested fossil-fuel interests such as PacifiCorp aggressively lobby across the American West, including BC because three is lots of hydro in BC. My brother who retired to Vancouver Island previously worked for BC Hydro. He maintains an interest in power generation. In 1971, he earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley . Even his views regarding nuclear power aren't as sharply opposed now. :-)
I also recommend Chris Keefer, M.D.'s Decouple Substack at https://www.decouple.media/ Dr. Keefer is a practicing Emergency Room M.D. in Toronto, Canada.