tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post1655764532082166725..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Must Play Strong Role to Achieve U.S. Climate Goals, NEI SaysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-42973363002351697762013-06-26T14:36:39.402-04:002013-06-26T14:36:39.402-04:00"Likewise, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz supp..."Likewise, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz supports the expansion of nuclear energy to meet national energy and environmental imperatives. "<br /><br />This is demonstrably false.<br /><br />Moniz has chosen a long-time Union of Concerned "Scientists" wonk as his chief of staff. Despite the UCS's protestations to the contrary, the UCS has been stridently anti-nuclear in their entire ~40 year history. From their anti-nuclear ads in SciAm in the mid-late 70s to their spokesperson's whacky statement on NPR a few years ago, "Nuclear winter is not the answer to global warming" to every policy paper they've ever written that mentions nuclear.<br /><br />If Moniz actually supported the expansion of nuclear power, he would not have chosen a person with absolutely no energy science credentials and nothing but anti-nuclear and anti-science policy credentials as his chief of staff.<br /><br />But, hey, go on whistling if it makes you feel better over there in the dark.traghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567888742411686266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-64424803571312811252013-06-25T17:01:40.377-04:002013-06-25T17:01:40.377-04:00Respectfully, I'd like to ask Mr. Marvin Ferte...Respectfully, I'd like to ask Mr. Marvin Fertel just how NEI hopes to promote this goal which is good as the horse long gone after the barn doors have closed to this administration today. Talk is cheap unless it MOVES people to think and act, like hard-hitting educational nuke ads and PSAs.<br /><br />James Greenidge<br />Queens NYjimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.com