Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Security, Innovation, Nuclear, Power Sector, Transportation

President of The Science Council for Global Initiatives, an international science & technology think tank. Author of Prescription for the Planet. Member of the selection committee for Russia's Global Energy Prize.

Recent Comments by Tom Blees

• "For starters, the entire discussion is based on a false premise: that a storage site has to store highly radiotoxic material for thousands (even hundr"
  Why Biden Should Designate a Nuclear Waste Negotiator
• "The greatest barrier to deployment is physics. Grid-scale energy storage is part and parcel—and a necessary element—of the all-renewables fantasy. And"
  A Grand Challenge to Commercialize Energy Storage
• "Jacobson may not be the only one to say that offshore wind turbines could slow hurricane winds, but that doesn't mean it's true. I can show you almost"
  Realizing the Promise of Offshore Wind
• "Jacobson's fantasy about wind farms slowing hurricane winds is a bad joke, typical of his unrealistic claims. He's clearly never experienced a strong "
  Realizing the Promise of Offshore Wind
• "Mike, I couldn't agree more with your points about nuclear power and about the need to actively remove CO2. Fortunately the latter issue is beginning "
  A Framework for The Green Real Deal
• "There's a lot of disagreement about the deployment of renewables, much less an all-renewables future that some maintain is the goal for which we shoul"
  The Need for a Diverse Approach to Energy
• "Many good points made here. Allow me a couple suggestions... The technology to recycle spent fuel from MSRs is available. You can use the pyroprocess"
  The Key to Saving the Nuclear Power Sector
• "Energy storage technology suitable for utility-scale use has already been developed. It's called uranium. How many batteries would it take to run a"
  Bipartisan Energy Storage Solutions
• "Scott, Describing the views you disagree with as nonsense is hardly a good way to start your argument. Let me start my response a bit more softly, wi"
  The Clean Energy Puzzle Needs Nuclear
• "A PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) doesn't say anything about the actual viability of a system. People have signed PPAs for space-generated power, if an"
  The Clean Energy Puzzle Needs Nuclear