The earthquakes and tsunami in Japan have dominated the news and everyone’s hearts go out to the Japanese families that have been effected. With thousands confirmed dead, thousands still missing and many more thousands injured and homeless, the human devastation is massive.
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For over a year I have wondered why no one ever talks about the mini-nuclear power plants that operate on many of the US Navy ships, aircraft carriers and submarines. I don’t ever recall one of these ships having a problem with a malfunction, radiation leak or “meltdown”.
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The difference in pricing is often called “gouging”. But there are many underlying factors to petroleum product pricing that most people do not understand.
The world population will continue to grow, and oil & natural gas will eventually be depleted. How will we travel, heat our homes, and generate power? It’s coming faster than you think!
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It was announced yesterday that a $1.8B coal fired power generation plant is to be built in Illinois. Is this the future for electric power generation!
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It was one of the major discoveries that spurred on the industrial revolution. As it’s availability decreases, what will take it’s place to fuel the world and protect the environment?
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