Power for the U.S.A.
Sharing my knowledge and experience in Energy and electricity generation
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- Advantages Of Coal Fuel for Electricity Generation
- Energy, Electricity and the Economy
- Reality of 32,000 MW/Year of New Generation Demand. Solution: Build New Coal Plants Now!
- Ten Hard Truths of S.C. Electricity-The Lifeblood of the Economy
- Five Reasons to Build New Coal Plants NOW! Coal Should Be Included as A Critical Fuel to Power America’s Future
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Category: Energy, Electricity, Economic Prosperity and Environmental Protection
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This huge amount of energy is not easily replaced by alternative fuels! My response to an ASME webinar on forcing a “Green Grid” on America. All Fuels Are Important, but Thermal Power Generation Is Still Number 1 Last month I participated in a continuing education webinar presented by the ASME Mechanical Engineering Magazine. I was…
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“Energy, is the only universal currency” The author of several books on energy, Vaclav Smil is quoted as saying “Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, plants to grow, and civilizations to evolve.” Most American citizens simply…
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Reasonable cost, abundant and efficient energy has improved the lives of billions of people all over the world. The relationship of energy use and Quality of life for humankind has been proven. But, you would not know it listening to Green extremist viewpoints. I do not need to elaborate on who some of them are.…
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The President has re-engaged the Obama Administration “War on Carbon” and signed executive orders to kill pipelines, restrict drilling and production of oil and gas on Federal lands and to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement. If not rescinded, this will cripple American economic growth and prosperity. For decades I have promoted policies of “ALL FUELS…
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In the preceding posts, energy and it’s relationship to economic prosperity are discussed. The clear example of the use of energy and electricity to power economies of entire countries are discussed using the example of the U.S.A.’s economic prosperity from the advent of coal powered central station power plants 1882-2012. During this 130 year period,…
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Energy Part 5: Thoughts on The New Green Deal and (so-called) Renewable Energy Introduction Energy and economic prosperity go together. In part 4 I posted some facts on the growth of American industry over the last 140 years since electricity became commercialized. China has managed to expand their primary metals and manufacturing production to exceed…
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INTRODUCTION, The Rise of the American Economy Economic prosperity and energy use have gone hand in hand for most of history. This blog is about the importance of energy today so let’s just go back about 140 years or so. The first battery in the world was invented by Antonio Volta at the beginning of…
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This chapter will focus on the sources and fuels of energy for the U.S.A. The average American likely believes our electricity is coming mostly from renewable sources. Why? Because we are all indoctrinated with advertisements and Mainstream News Media reports on massive solar and wind farms. Well the true story is that over 80% of…
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The citizens of North America, Europe, Japan and Australia are all accustomed to having abundant, reliable and reasonable cost energy and electricity. Not until a hurricane or extreme weather comes when power lines are downed, do Americans appreciate the importance of energy and electricity to power our way of life. My goal in this Blog…
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REAL ESTATE PRACTICES COMMITTEE Delaware County Bar Association July 15, 2016 Energy for America Sunshine, Wind, Nuclear and Fossil Fuels How Energy Policies and Federal Regulations are Impacting Economic Prosperity By Richard F. (Dick) Storm, PE, CEM Introduction The name of the seminar series suggests that you might be interested in the inter-relationship of energy,…
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