Minnesota Senate repeals nuclear power moratorium

State legislators have renewed the fight about whether more nuclear power plants should be allowed in Minnesota. The Senate voted 42-24 on Thursday to repeal the state moratorium on any new nuclear plants passed in 1994. The action came after 40 minutes of discussion on an amendment to an energy bill.

Study: Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Are Unlikely to Reduce Warming - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

A low-carbon fuels standard is likely to do little to reduce global warming emissions and can even be counterproductive, according to a paper published in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.

An Electrifying Irony (false promises and hopes in the transportation market) — MasterResource

Fast forward to a recent item in the Wall Street Journal that reports: ”In a five-page analysis of GM’s viability, the [Obama car] team critiqued GM’s marquee next-generation project, the electric-powered Chevy Volt, as ‘too expensive to be commercially successful in the short-term.’” Thomas Edison told Henry Ford as much in 1896.