Power for the U.S.A.

Sharing my knowledge and experience in Energy and electricity generation

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Registered Professional Engineer in NC. Specialized as a Coal power generation engineer. Began career in 1962. Worked as electrician at SPS Technologies, Utility Engineer at Mobil Oil Corp, at Babcock & Wilcox as a Results Engineer, Riley Stoker as Senior Field Service Engineer, Carolina Power and Light Company as a Principal Engineer and later, Operations Superintendent of Roxboro Generating Plant, head of Technical Services Department of Flame Refractories and then founded Storm Technologies in 1992. Served as a contributing Editor to POWER Magazine and Instructor of Power Generation Short Courses at Storm Technologies and Williamson College of the Trades. My largest current concern is the inadequate understanding of the general public on the importance of energy to humankind and western civilization. My goal for this Blog is to share my knowledge and experiences regarding Energy and Electricity Generation. Specifically, I will endeavor to provide posts of some reasons why and how reasonable cost energy and electricity lead to Economic Prosperity and at the same time, protect our environment & support clean air and clean water.

Category: Energy, Politics and Economic Prosperity

  • My Paid Ad for ENERGY AWARENESS IN 2015 & HERE We Go Again

    I came across the ad below which was a paid ad, published April 21, 2015, Some things do not change very much regarding where we get our energy and how we use it. At the time, I was living in NC and I was very concerned about the anti energy, anti-nuclear policies of President Obama.…

  • China’s Economic Influence in the World and Some Thoughts on the need to Reshore American Manufacturing

    If America Was the Arsenal of Democracy for the Allies in WWII, Then What to Think of The Rise of China? I voted for and support President Trump for reelection in 2020 because, I see him as the first President in recent years to recognize and act on reversing the De-Industrialization of America. The graphic below shows…

  • Part 4, The Importance of Energy to Economic Prosperity

    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…

  • The Importance of Energy to Power High Quality of Life, Part 1

    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…

  • Hawaii: A Gimpse Into the future of the “green new deal”

    Hawaii is a model of the impact of applying carbon free electricity generation policies before storage technology catches up. “Green Policies” do not necessarily result in “Green Power” as I will close with the actual power generation in real time.  As an engineer specializing in efficient and clean coal power generation for five decades, whenever a…

  • Energy and Economic Prosperity, my thoughts: Dick Storm

    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,…