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Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book “Clean Energy Exploitations”, policy advisor on energy literacy for The Heartland Institute, and The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and National TV Commentator- Energy & Infrastructure with Rick Amato.
Ronald Stein, P.E. is an engineer, energy consultant, speaker, author of books and articles on energy, environmental policy, and human rights, and Founder of PTS Advance, a California based company.
Ron advocates that energy literacy starts with the knowledge that renewable energy is only intermittent electricity generated from unreliable breezes and sunshine, as wind turbines and solar panels cannot manufacture anything for the 8 billion on this planet.
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Renewables require extensive backup systems, often relying on fossil fuels, to ensure grid stability. This unpredictability drives up costs, making renewables significantly more expensive than coal or nuclear. It seems incredible that there is such a powerful drive to turn the clock back and start using old electricity generation sources such as wind and solar, which are known to be weak and unreliable…
Politicians in wealthier countries are pursuing the most expensive ways to generate intermittent electricity. Energy poverty is among the most crippling but least talked-about crises of the 21st century. We should not take electricity, products, and fuel for granted. It should be one of everyone’s New Year’s resolutions to acquire a passion to stimulate discussions to enhance everyone’s Energy Literacy…
To continue the preservation of human life on earth, it’s time to get serious about conservation, efficiency improvements, and recycling the waste that humans are generating. This will help reduce our reliance on coal and natural gas, reduce our landfill footprint, protect the environment, and create a cleaner, healthier world for generations to come…
Technology exists today (remember, since the late 1940s) to fission, essentially, all the remaining 97% of the fuel. This means (rounding down) 30 times more electricity can be produced from this SUNF (slightly used, right?). Better yet, we have privately capitalized companies with technology that is ready to go. At 10 cents per kWh (nobody gets electricity that cheap anymore), the material sitting on our…
If these wind turbine monstrosities are ever built, the total project cost will easily exceed $300 billion, with catastrophic consequences to the marine environment, including migrating whales, and then, it’s ONLY for electricity as wind turbines CAN NOT make any of the more than 6,000 products that our materialistic economy demands…
Coal is the world’s most abundant and reliable energy source. The United States has the world’s largest coal reserves. Of the 15 major coal-producing States, Montana has the largest reserve, with 118.4 billion tons. About 200 coal-burning power plants are still operating in America, with many concentrated in Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana, and the Powder River Basin of…
It is appalling that wealthy California, with its “green mandates,” continues to burden its residents with humongous costs to transition to just electricity and support unethical, immoral, and hypocritical actions to obtain exotic minerals and metals from poorer developing countries to achieve that electricity transition. The minuscule impact of the 40 million Californians on this…
When people know the possibilities, the transition to nuclear power will happen quickly. The transition should happen without the elimination of cheap production of electricity through natural gas and coal until the market drives the transition to nuclear power. Imagine the massive increase in quality of life worldwide with easily affordable electricity delivered to every household…
Our so-called “energy leaders” do not comprehend that electricity was developed AFTER the discovery of crude oil. Without the parts and components to be able to generate electricity such as insulation, copper wiring, computers, control panels, and air conditioning, there would be no electricity from any of the six methods used to generate electricity such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, wind, and solar…
Developing countries are leading the charge towards nuclear-generated electricity, including China, India, Korea, Indonesia, and South Africa. This is the only way to a true “Just energy transition.” One where the billions of impoverished people are given a light to shine whatever talent they have into the world. The path is clear, there are no shortcuts, and there is no skirting around the elephant in the room that policymakers refuse to…
Policymakers seem oblivious to the fact that all six methods of generating electricity from hydro, coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar are based on components and equipment made with products made from crude oil derivatives. Countries will move towards rising unemployment, increasing poverty levels and inequity, and homelessness, along with increasing social and political instability. “It will keep the poor, poor and the rich, rich”!
The solution to affordable electricity is within the grasp of “we the people,” more than you think. Technology exists; now, all we need is political will. Two factors have accentuated the need for more clean electricity in the last few years: more concern about clean air and a massive increase in electricity demand projected to double or triple in the coming decades, driven by the sudden popularity of…
Our electricity is increasingly dependent on rare earth minerals and metals mined for wind turbines, solar panels, and EV batteries under atrocious slave labor and environmental conditions in other countries that the DOE and bureaucrats ignore. China controls a stranglehold of 80% of the global supply monopoly on rare earth minerals and metals, with the Congo in Africa a 90% source of vital cobalt…
A “New Nuclear Posture” for the US, via recycling Fast Breeder reactors for large demands and SMRs, that offer competition to lower costs for smaller demands, offers electricity that is emissions-free, continuous, and uninterruptible. This provides reliable power for military remote sites around the world and various power-hungry industries. If the US will not take the lead, our adversaries will…
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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2025 Homeland Threat Assessment indicates that the terrorism threat environment within the homeland remains high. Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI, recently said he had never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.”
Hamas has managed to demand and get the release of 192 convicted terrorists and murderers from Israeli prisons in return for the 33 hostages. Israeli troops will be required to withdraw to Israel’s borders with Gaza, humanitarian aid to Gaza will be increased substantially, and Gazans will be able to return to their homes, many of which are in ruins from the war. All this will be accomplished within the first 42 days while…
The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari USA (Ret.) – Trump and Xi Jinping of China have discussed balancing trade between the U.S. and China, fentanyl, TikTok, and many other subjects. Even as the Supreme Court rules to allow the ban on TikTok to go into effect in the U.S. in support of national security concerns, it seems that the two nations will try their best to avoid a shooting war…
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – The American healthcare system is broken. That’s not hyperbole — it’s a conclusion backed by dismal outcomes, as per Dr. Meryl Nass, a physician and whistleblower. Nass sees potential in reforming agencies, decentralizing power, and rebuilding ethical standards. “We can’t fix medicine without addressing the broader societal values that underpin it,” she insists…
Rogers for America with Lt. Steve Rogers – Domestic security is intertwined with national security, yet internal challenges are weakening law enforcement. Recruitment crises, Woke policies, and DEI mandates are eroding police departments. As threats grow, proactive crime prevention is undermined, leaving communities vulnerable. Without urgent reforms, the ability to protect citizens and maintain order faces an alarming decline.
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – State and local governments are under scrutiny as a shocking incident in Kentucky raises questions about police misconduct. Liberty Doll joins to discuss the tragic death of a man during a late-night search warrant for a stolen string trimmer. Explore the unsettling aftermath and what it reveals about justice and accountability in modern America.
Across the globe, the image of the lighthouse standing against a dramatic coastal environment resonates as a potent symbol of human activity in an often wild and treacherous environment. We were fortunate to get Nealon-Cook for an hour to give us her synthesis from a mass psychological perspective on the public response to the pandemic. Her personal story, among others, led to…
Unleashed: The Political News Hour with Mayor Deb – July 29, 1981, marked a dream sparked by Lady Diana’s wedding, but today, troubling events in the UK shatter that vision. Grooming gangs, ignored by fearful authorities, target vulnerable children. The erosion of justice and societal integrity highlights a cautionary tale for the world. How a nation treats its children defines its legacy.
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – A Connecticut student is suing her school system for neglecting her learning disabilities, highlighting systemic failures in special education. Despite her self-advocacy, critical supports were denied, leaving her academically unprepared. With Hartford’s low proficiency rates mirroring national trends, this case underscores the urgent need for education reform to prevent more students from being left behind.
Energetic Health Institute Radio with Dr. H – We live in a world of opposites…good and bad, black and white, rich and poor. This dichotomy creates a whole that is less stable than its actual parts. A basis for righteousness and arguments constructed purely on moral grounds. A system that punishes those thoughts and actions that are judged to be “bad” and creates the illusion of rewarding the “good.”
Nurses Out Loud with Jodi O’Malley MSN, RN – Gadolinium, a heavy metal used in MRI contrast, can pose hidden risks like neurological and autoimmune issues. Exploring chelation therapy, immune support, and holistic care can help affected patients. Nurses must advocate for comprehensive health solutions while balancing faith, purpose, and compassion to transform care and address the broader impacts of chronic illness.
Unleashed: The Political News Hour with Bruce Robertson – We saw the first Senate confirmation hearings for Trump appointees to his incoming administration, and as could be expected from the Democrat left, they tried to turn the hearings into a circus. In a major “META reversal,” Mark Zuckerberg has finally sheepishly admitted that the Biden Administration pressured and threatened him to get…