http://blog.scottnolan.org/2006/02/02/president-bushs-unique-opportunity-to-make-history/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=president-bushs-unique-opportunity-to-make-history ideas, thoughts, rants Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://blog.scottnolan.org/2006/02/02/president-bushs-unique-opportunity-to-make-history/comment-page-1/#comment-54 mindblog » Blog Archive » On dead plants and lame duck Presidents Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:25:44 +0000 http://blog.scottnolan.org/2006/02/02/president-bushs-unique-opportunity-to-make-history/#comment-54 [...] My buddy Scott is a limp-wristed liberal, but his latest post on President Bush’s chance to make a real change for the better strikes a chord. I’ve long held that for real change to happen, it would take a President and Congress willing to commit political suicide. We do need a new energy policy in the USA. It amazes me how we are at the dawn of the 21st Century, and we still burn fossil fuels for the majority of our power. Nuclear, anyone? [...] [...] My buddy Scott is a limp-wristed liberal, but his latest post on President Bush’s chance to make a real change for the better strikes a chord. I’ve long held that for real change to happen, it would take a President and Congress willing to commit political suicide. We do need a new energy policy in the USA. It amazes me how we are at the dawn of the 21st Century, and we still burn fossil fuels for the majority of our power. Nuclear, anyone? [...]

]]> http://blog.scottnolan.org/2006/02/02/president-bushs-unique-opportunity-to-make-history/comment-page-1/#comment-53 JamesAach Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:05:43 +0000 http://blog.scottnolan.org/2006/02/02/president-bushs-unique-opportunity-to-make-history/#comment-53 I was disappointed the President didn't emphasize conservation a lot more (as you aluded too.) The cheapest energy, whether for transportation (oil) or electricity (coal, gas, etc.) is the stuff you don't use. I'm a long-time nuclear energy worker who's written a thriller novel that covers how a nuclear plant actually works. It's at RadDecision.blogspot.com and is free to readers (who seem to like it, judging by the comments on the homepage.) I was disappointed the President didn’t emphasize conservation a lot more (as you aluded too.) The cheapest energy, whether for transportation (oil) or electricity (coal, gas, etc.) is the stuff you don’t use. I’m a long-time nuclear energy worker who’s written a thriller novel that covers how a nuclear plant actually works. It’s at RadDecision.blogspot.com and is free to readers (who seem to like it, judging by the comments on the homepage.)

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