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Category Archives: State of Fear-mongering
It’s Conspiracy Day on MoneyTalk
Bob is being tortured by callers inquiring about the “Comspiracy” by Russia, Japan, China and others getting together to create a new global reserve currency. Bob says you should be Cynical about anybody who says that (not just skeptical). Forbes … Continue reading
Posted in Global Finance, Radio Biz, State of Fear-mongering
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More on Spent fuel storage
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18spent.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=world A great article – what the NY Times can be when it wants to… Details it brings out (or things correcting misunderstandings on my part)
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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Blackmail time
BBC Beyonce and other folks who were glad to accept large sums of money from Libya before the media decided Libya and its leader are “evil” and suddenly have seen the error of their ways (phooey – take your dirty money … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Libya, State of Fear-mongering
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GE is on the way
Japan’s TV is reporting that GE is flying in several portable gas turbine generators to Fukushima, which would be to try to restore the on-site electric power, which be a really good thing.
Posted in Energy, Global Finance, State of Fear-mongering
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The 1-7 scale for nuclear safety incidents
The IAEA Web Site The criteria for the various levels – Fukushima #1 is now at 6+ The manual explaining the scale is available here
John Batchelor “gets it”
I just listened to last night’s show (9 pm-1am ET). He was basically covering the same news events I was blogging, live on the air. John had relevant reporters and exports on the line, and was watching Twitter from reputable … Continue reading
What the financial markets are saying about Japan
Japan’s stock market has lost about 20% in the past 2 days. Currency markets are very stable given the provocation. The Bank of Japan is throwing everything that have to avoid a financial meltdown – very likely the Fed and … Continue reading
What happens when a spent fuel storage facility loses its cooling?
NY Times coverage A 1997 study by the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island described a worst-case disaster from uncovered spent fuel in a reactor cooling pool. It estimated 100 quick deaths would occur within a range of 500 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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The latest Japan news…
Deferring to my cousin’s intimate knowledge of nuclear reactors… the high points… The electrical problems apparently were due to flooding of the room where all the electrical circuits were, which means they’ve had little if any control over anything since … Continue reading
The Blaze breaks into the big time
James O’Keefe is about to end his 15 minutes of fame. The Blaze questioned the video of the expose done on NPR….[question everything] what they found was that James O’Keefe had edited together things that weren’t related and removed things … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz, State of Fear-mongering
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Pay no attention to the plutonium
Fukushima #1 power station has 6 reactors – reactors 4,5 and 6 were offline for maintenance. Reactor #1 has had the containment building blow up. Now comes the news that Reactor #3 at Fukushima #1 is very probably melting down, … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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Defective control rods – ruh-roh
One account mentioned that GE-Hitachi’s nuclear reactor experts aren’t on the scene because they’re in North Carolina, and out of phone contact with Japan. They were in North Carolina working on a problem at a GE reactor there. GE-Hitachi is located at … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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When a nuclear power plant drops off the grid…
In 1977, I toured an under construction nuclear power plant being built by my employer. Outside the containment building, there was a row of diesel generators – it was explained they were needed for emergency power – which creates a … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Energy, State of Fear-mongering
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How are International Waters defined?
The conflict with Libya back under the Reagan era was partly a dispute over how much of the Mediterranean is sovereign Libyan waters. Look at the map of Libya – quaddaphy’s claim was that the entire gulf of sidra/sitre is … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Global Finance, State of Fear-mongering
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Prohibition, Arizona and Immigration
This bizarre notion that Arizona can’t pass a State law authorizing its law enforcement to enforce Federal laws has an interesting parallel in the Prohibition era While looking for something else, I stumbled on this http://www.cobbledstones.com/2009/09/chesapeake-bay-played-large-role-in.html which covers the details … Continue reading