NEI Nuclear Notes

Just got the follwing note from one of my superiors at NEI. "Real Time" has undergone some guest changes in the true fashion of the show's name and Patrick Moore is no longer on tonight's lineup. We will endeavor to reschedule his appearance before the end of this season's shows. Bummer, but that's show biz.

Two weeks ago Sheryl Crow and Laurie David got their chance to take a free shot at nuclear energy on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher , but tomorrow night one of nuclear energy's most articulate advocates is going to get a chance to fire back: I'm talking about Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, who will be a guest via satellite on tomorrow night's program. Real Time airs live Friday nights at 11:00 p.m. EDT on HBO. For a full schedule including re-air dates, click here .

Hollywood has never been known as a place that's been terribly hospitable to nuclear energy, but it looks like that might be changing if Bill Maher, the host of HBO's Real Time has anything to do with it. The following comes from a transcript from the program's April 13, 2007 edition where Maher brought up the topic in conversation with Sheryl Crow and Laurie David : MR. MAHER: That was my next question. What about nuclear power? Because it seems to me that we’re going to have to go nuke if we really want to solve – MS. CROW: I don’t think that’s true. We have better options than nuclear power, I mean, there’s never been a plant that’s actually even made money from nuclear power. It is so heavily subsidized by the government. We have other options that should be subsidized by the government, which are wind and solar. MR. MAHER: But can wind and solar – MS. CROW: And it’s just not a great viable option. MR. MAHER: But can wind and solar provide all the energy we ...