Emmet Penney
@nukebarbarian.bsky.social
Contributing Editor at Compact
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation
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Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation
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I’ve been published for the first time ever today in the Herald, alongside my coauthor @nukebarbarian.bsky.social
“Prairie Power: Why Illinois Needs Nuclear Energy Now”
🔌💡 www.dailyherald.com/20250423/col...
“Prairie Power: Why Illinois Needs Nuclear Energy Now”
🔌💡 www.dailyherald.com/20250423/col...
Prairie power: Why Illinois needs nuclear energy now
On Tuesday, March 18, a bill advanced out of committee in Springfield that would fully repeal the ban on construction of new nuclear plants in Illinois. It passed on a unanimous vote, 20-0, signaling ...
www.dailyherald.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’ve been published for the first time ever today in the Herald, alongside my coauthor @nukebarbarian.bsky.social
“Prairie Power: Why Illinois Needs Nuclear Energy Now”
🔌💡 www.dailyherald.com/20250423/col...
“Prairie Power: Why Illinois Needs Nuclear Energy Now”
🔌💡 www.dailyherald.com/20250423/col...
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The Nuclear Khanate of Illinois Ascendent?
Excellent primer on the new nuclear moratorium repeal bills, from Chicago's own @nukebarbarian.bsky.social
In it, I lay out why the first attempt in 2023 was a Pyrrhic victory for advocates
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Excellent primer on the new nuclear moratorium repeal bills, from Chicago's own @nukebarbarian.bsky.social
In it, I lay out why the first attempt in 2023 was a Pyrrhic victory for advocates
🔌💡 nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-nuclea...
The Nuclear Khanate of Illinois Ascendent?
The Land of Lincoln’s Bi-Partisan Push to Unleash the Atom
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Nuclear Khanate of Illinois Ascendent?
Excellent primer on the new nuclear moratorium repeal bills, from Chicago's own @nukebarbarian.bsky.social
In it, I lay out why the first attempt in 2023 was a Pyrrhic victory for advocates
🔌💡 nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-nuclea...
Excellent primer on the new nuclear moratorium repeal bills, from Chicago's own @nukebarbarian.bsky.social
In it, I lay out why the first attempt in 2023 was a Pyrrhic victory for advocates
🔌💡 nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-nuclea...
Turns out a species of fish that almost killed a TVA dam project is not an actual species of fish.
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-crypti...
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-crypti...
The Cryptid That Almost Killed a Dam
A fake fish, left politics, and environmental law
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January 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Turns out a species of fish that almost killed a TVA dam project is not an actual species of fish.
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-crypti...
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-crypti...
a deep cut from the construction of the dresden nuke plant in illinois
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nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/sacralizin...
December 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM
a deep cut from the construction of the dresden nuke plant in illinois
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/sacralizin...
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/sacralizin...
Nearly $1k (USD) a megawatt-hour in Germany thanks to a wind drought.
This is what happens when people unmoored from reality run a country’s energy system.
This is what happens when people unmoored from reality run a country’s energy system.
December 11, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Nearly $1k (USD) a megawatt-hour in Germany thanks to a wind drought.
This is what happens when people unmoored from reality run a country’s energy system.
This is what happens when people unmoored from reality run a country’s energy system.
Happy Sunday!
The perfect time to listen to my latest episode with @spencerklavan.bsky.social about the history of science, modern physics, and living faithfully in a scientistic world.
The perfect time to listen to my latest episode with @spencerklavan.bsky.social about the history of science, modern physics, and living faithfully in a scientistic world.
Light of the Mind, Light of the World Ft. Spencer Klavan
Spencer Klavan joined me to talk about his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith. We talk about "Newtonian" Default Mode, the history of science, what inn...
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December 8, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Happy Sunday!
The perfect time to listen to my latest episode with @spencerklavan.bsky.social about the history of science, modern physics, and living faithfully in a scientistic world.
The perfect time to listen to my latest episode with @spencerklavan.bsky.social about the history of science, modern physics, and living faithfully in a scientistic world.
more miller work
December 8, 2024 at 6:43 AM
more miller work
Top 10 Greatest Anime Comebacks of All Time:
New report out: Germany can restart 3 reactors by 2028, 9 by 2032.
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
December 4, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Top 10 Greatest Anime Comebacks of All Time:
tag urself I’m KILL
December 3, 2024 at 9:28 PM
tag urself I’m KILL
a surprising little anecdote from the construction of America's first nuclear power plant at Shippingport
December 3, 2024 at 6:46 PM
a surprising little anecdote from the construction of America's first nuclear power plant at Shippingport
been drawing from frank miller's dark knight returns.
a little better each day.
a little better each day.
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 AM
been drawing from frank miller's dark knight returns.
a little better each day.
a little better each day.
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Nuclear plants are industrial cathedrals. An anchor that generates generational prosperity for the community. They demand, and create, excellence and a high-trust society.
Nobody articulates the case better than Chicago's own Emmet Penney. Go off, king 👑.
Nobody articulates the case better than Chicago's own Emmet Penney. Go off, king 👑.
November 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Nuclear plants are industrial cathedrals. An anchor that generates generational prosperity for the community. They demand, and create, excellence and a high-trust society.
Nobody articulates the case better than Chicago's own Emmet Penney. Go off, king 👑.
Nobody articulates the case better than Chicago's own Emmet Penney. Go off, king 👑.
Nuclear is in a better position than it's been in generations.
Which is why we need to be more prudent about how we communicate about nuclear's place in the world.
Check out my remarks from the ANS winter conference on where I think we can improve.
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
Which is why we need to be more prudent about how we communicate about nuclear's place in the world.
Check out my remarks from the ANS winter conference on where I think we can improve.
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The Case for Prudence
My remarks at the American Nuclear Society's Winter Conference
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Nuclear is in a better position than it's been in generations.
Which is why we need to be more prudent about how we communicate about nuclear's place in the world.
Check out my remarks from the ANS winter conference on where I think we can improve.
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
Which is why we need to be more prudent about how we communicate about nuclear's place in the world.
Check out my remarks from the ANS winter conference on where I think we can improve.
nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
You can now read my latest piece for
American Affairs—a look at the life and contributions of David Lilienthal, first to run the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission.
It’s also a history of the American century and Progressivism.
americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/11/davi...
American Affairs—a look at the life and contributions of David Lilienthal, first to run the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission.
It’s also a history of the American century and Progressivism.
americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/11/davi...
David Lilienthal: The Man Who Managed the American Century - American Affairs Journal
Today, a growing number of voices call for a new American consensus that looks more like the corporatist world of the New Deal and post–World War II decades. If our present ambitions are to be model...
americanaffairsjournal.org
November 20, 2023 at 6:06 PM
You can now read my latest piece for
American Affairs—a look at the life and contributions of David Lilienthal, first to run the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission.
It’s also a history of the American century and Progressivism.
americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/11/davi...
American Affairs—a look at the life and contributions of David Lilienthal, first to run the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission.
It’s also a history of the American century and Progressivism.
americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/11/davi...
Reposted by Emmet Penney
I'm reading this book and it's so fantastic. Both hilarious in a lolsob sort of way and parting the curtains on arcane but important policies that impact us all. A call to action.
I published a profile of Meredith Angwin, the Vermont grandma whose self-published book on power markets, Shorting the Grid, is changing the way we look at electricity in America. thespectator.com/topic/meredi...
October 28, 2023 at 3:08 AM
I'm reading this book and it's so fantastic. Both hilarious in a lolsob sort of way and parting the curtains on arcane but important policies that impact us all. A call to action.
I published a profile of Meredith Angwin, the Vermont grandma whose self-published book on power markets, Shorting the Grid, is changing the way we look at electricity in America. thespectator.com/topic/meredi...
October 22, 2023 at 4:27 PM
I published a profile of Meredith Angwin, the Vermont grandma whose self-published book on power markets, Shorting the Grid, is changing the way we look at electricity in America. thespectator.com/topic/meredi...
We’re doing a read through of Leo Marx’s half-forgotten classic The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
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October 20, 2023 at 2:07 AM
We’re doing a read through of Leo Marx’s half-forgotten classic The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
open.substack.com/pub/nuclearb...
open.substack.com/pub/nuclearb...
Pretty wild.
"[I]n a review of the 30 global systemically important banks, 57 percent have explicitly excluded nuclear energy from their respective green or sustainable financing frameworks’ taxonomies, while 40 percent are silent on its inclusion or exclusion."
You hate to see it.
"[I]n a review of the 30 global systemically important banks, 57 percent have explicitly excluded nuclear energy from their respective green or sustainable financing frameworks’ taxonomies, while 40 percent are silent on its inclusion or exclusion."
You hate to see it.
July 11, 2023 at 11:52 PM
Pretty wild.
"[I]n a review of the 30 global systemically important banks, 57 percent have explicitly excluded nuclear energy from their respective green or sustainable financing frameworks’ taxonomies, while 40 percent are silent on its inclusion or exclusion."
You hate to see it.
"[I]n a review of the 30 global systemically important banks, 57 percent have explicitly excluded nuclear energy from their respective green or sustainable financing frameworks’ taxonomies, while 40 percent are silent on its inclusion or exclusion."
You hate to see it.
Good shot, even though I’m taking an L.
May 26, 2023 at 1:52 AM
Good shot, even though I’m taking an L.
In my latest, I argue that phasing out coal faster than we can replace it with nukes harms coal communities and endangers our already fragile grid.
We can’t “electrify everything” while starving the system of baseload. https://compactmag.com/article/the-reckless-green-war-on-coal
We can’t “electrify everything” while starving the system of baseload. https://compactmag.com/article/the-reckless-green-war-on-coal
The Reckless Green War on Coal
Compact Magazine, a radical American journal
compactmag.com
May 16, 2023 at 12:15 PM
In my latest, I argue that phasing out coal faster than we can replace it with nukes harms coal communities and endangers our already fragile grid.
We can’t “electrify everything” while starving the system of baseload. https://compactmag.com/article/the-reckless-green-war-on-coal
We can’t “electrify everything” while starving the system of baseload. https://compactmag.com/article/the-reckless-green-war-on-coal
This place feels like walking back into 2017.
May 3, 2023 at 8:17 PM
This place feels like walking back into 2017.
New gym shoes.
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May 3, 2023 at 7:03 PM
New gym shoes.
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