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The Era of Reliable, Affordable, Energy and Electricity Generation: Part 1
This is my Perspective of Proven, Reliable, Affordable & Abundant Energy & Electricity Generation during my lifetime. Here are some of the significant technical advances, changes, regulations, incidents, events and policies that have shaped energy and power generation over the last eight decades. Some personal experiences are interjected during this era just to show where…
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Wake Up America! Your Energy and Electricity Generation Reliability are being Sabotaged from Within
This post will be shorter than previous posts. At the end is a compendium of a long list of references, news articles, documents, reports and facts that the reader can use to gain further understanding and judge for yourself. Purpose My main concern with the so-called transition to reduced carbon generation is, that it is…
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Harold Hamm’s Book, “Game Changer” A Must Read for Elected Officials and Candidates for Elective Office
Harold Hamm’s new book, “Game Changer” is a fact filled true story that is better than fiction. An easy read and it clearly shows the importance of energy and economic prosperity. An incredible case study of how hard work, tenacity, risk, policy changes and applied science America was able to, in just a few years,…
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The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Nations and the Realities of Energy
Introduction The University of South Carolina provides OLLI programs (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) which include Geopolitics, Science and many other courses. I am an instructor on energy and electricity. Two other instructors that I respect and have enjoyed their courses are retired senior military officers. General Craig Whelden served in the Pacific and has taught…
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Green Energy Crisis, Part 4, How to Solve it: Improve the Perception of Coal and All Conventional Fuels!
America has the largest coal reserves in the world, about 22% of the world’s coal. America also has all the uranium needed to fuel our nuclear plants and enough oil and gas to provide the primary energy America needs for decades. So, why have we allowed a minority of people and leaders to smear and…
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Green Energy Crisis, Part 3, Public Energy Education is Needed! Each person in the U.S. uses about 315 Million Btus of Primary Energy/Year. This is NOT Practical or even Possible to Replace with wind and solar alone
Introduction In parts 1 and 2 of this Green Energy Series, the Green Energy Crisis and which people and organizations caused it. (part 1 here and part 2 here) The purpose of this post is to attempt to explain the impossibility of replacing conventional forms of Primary energy with wind and solar. America consumes right…
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Green Energy Crisis- Part #2: Meet The Policy Makers That Caused It
Here is a summary of the people & organizations That have led to the destructive Climate Policies our country is now enduring. The “Climate Policies” are against the best interests of America and are not about saving the planet or protecting the environment. There is no planned transition to renewables (25, 60) and our country…
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The Green Energy Crisis is Here: Part 1
The purpose of this post is to show a few of the warnings that Congress has been unresponsive and the Executive Branch and EPA either clueless or Intentionally Causing the coming energy crisis. Paul Harvey’s classic radio commentary of 1964 comes to mind, “If I Were the Devil”. Introduction Many of us who have been…
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Part 5: Green Energy Crisis – A Look Back on Public Energy & Electricity Education in the 1950’s and 1960’s
Long story shortened, the only way I know to stop the destructive policies is through an intensive energy education program of the general public. The ad below was typical of many in business and industrial trade magazines of the 1950’s and 60’s. It represents the culture of those times. Introduction Parts 1 through 4 of…
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Back to Basics: The U.S. Needs 100 Quadrillion Btus/year of Primary Energy
Each citizen needs about 315 million Btus of energy to sustain our freedom of travel and way of life Introduction Yesterday I was a guest speaker at the “Money Talks Club” gathering in Sun City. I presented my views of Net Zero Carbon and was impressed with the interest and understanding of energy and electricity…
Power for the U.S.A. 