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November 8, 2008 by Linda Gasparello Leave a Comment

The Late, Great Energy Pioneer, Richard ‘Dick’ McCormack

Richard A. “Dick” McCormack, a commanding figure in the energy industry for five decades, died last month aged 90. When I first met Dick, I felt, “That is an executive; that is a leader.” It was a feeling I had no occasion to change after nearly 50 years of friendship and shared adventures. We met, […]

Lessons of ’70s Energy Crisis Have Meaning in Today’s Climate Crisis

Llewellyn King

I’ve been here before. I’ve heard this din at another time. I’m writing about the cacophony of opinions about global warming and climate change. In the winter of 1973, the Arab oil embargo unleashed a global energy crisis. Times were grim. The predictions were grimmer: We’d never again lead the lives we had led — […]

Wyoming Is a Gripping Location for Psychological Mysteries

Llewellyn King

I’m not a fast reader. I don’t get through several books a day, as a friend of mine does when she is in the mood. I read for the pleasure of occupying another world for a while — and because I read slowly, a book and I get together for stretches of a few days […]

Nuclear Power Is a Victim of the Culture Wars. It Needs Rescuing

Llewellyn King

If the Biden administration genuinely wanted to get serious about weaning the electric power sector from fossil fuels, it would get serious about nuclear — not just patting it on the head, as it is doing with the government equivalent of “There, there, baby.” Nuclear was an early victim of the culture wars which started […]

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