Thomas Rausch

Retired Nuclear Engineer, and retired health care Radiation Safety Officer, desire action to address climate change and volunteering to make it happen

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

@elonmusk Those who oppose election results are what?

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

@BerryRazi @farzyness @DavidCarbutt_ So now you're smarter than all climate scientists and Elon Musk.

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

@Alejand93902131 @HopfJames Try and heat northern areas with only wind and solar and you find it is astronomically expensive. You have solar and wind capacity factors in single digits and you need weeks worth of storage on top of the excess wind and solar capacities

[Citizens' Climate Lobby @citizensclimate]

We're thrilled to see a bipartisan group of 26 #ClimateSolutionsCaucus members send this letter to House leadership!

The letter opens, “We write to express our interest in working with you to advance bipartisan climate policies during the 118th Congress.” https://t.co/uiKKkAtxqm

[James Hopf @HopfJames]

The chorus of criticism of the NRC (including from former NRC commissioners) is rapidly growing. There is growing awareness that NRC has become a significant (perhaps the largest) barrier to future nuclear deployment. 1/2
https://t.co/O9pNVSYViw

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Liz Cheney: “The Republican Party cannot be both loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution. We must choose.”
#TBT #RepublicansAgainstTrump

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

Awesome experience working with members of Congress and their aides on both sides of the aisle to seriously work on permitting reform and climate change.#GrassrootsClimate

[Citizens' Climate Lobby @citizensclimate]

There's nothing like being shoulder to shoulder on Capitol Hill with hundreds of other #GrassrootsClimate advocates!

Together, we will ensure a livable world for ourselves and future generations.

Want to be part of the movement? Join CCL ➡️ https://t.co/FOj9VVqL5G

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

Dresden is my alma mater. Nuclear engineer and LNE 1974 to 1980.

[Michael McLean @cornoisseur]

Dresden Unit 2 has been in operation since 1970. The owners recently filed an application to extend the lifespan to 2049.

If approved, that means it will eventually hit 79 years of operation. Longer than the average lifespan of an American. These are cathedrals of energy.

[Michael McLean @cornoisseur]

⚡️ Chicago, meet your climate superheroes:

• Byron
• Braidwood
• Lasalle
• Dresden
• Quad Cities (not pictured)

Together, these plants generate 76% of all power in northern Illinois. After exports, they meet almost 100% of our demand 🤯

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens that “Americans are about to quit watching” Fox News because the network “caved to the woke mob” by firing her good pal Tucker Carlson who had the “courage to tell the truth,” a hilarious claim since Tucker’s text messages revealed that he was constantly lying to his viewers. RT IF YOU WEREN’T WATCHING FOX NEWS TO BEGIN WITH!

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

@ed9990_ @OccupyDemocrats Irrelevant

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

@TedNordhaus There is a way to gradually return to healthy soils. It isn't an all or nothing issue.

[WePlanet @weplanetint]

We love nuclear waste and here's why we think you should too!

Find out more at https://t.co/2vZO96NduB

[Thomas Rausch @Trausch222]

@RebeccaDevitt6 @letsreplanet @mark_lynas Watch the video. Then learn for yourself why wind and solar alone can not economically power a grid in Northern area winters

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

The interconnected crises of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change threaten all life on earth, including our own. As the only species with the power to effect change, we have a unique responsibility to take action and protect our shared home.

[James Hopf @HopfJames]

Nuclear plants in the PJM showed themselves to be far more reliable during Winter Storm Elliott than fossil plants were. They ran at 100% capacity while fossil plants were responsible for 90% of the power generation outages.
https://t.co/mNbQEXL3Yv

[KanataCarletonGreens @KanataCarleton]

“The belief that this enormous, existential problem could have been fixed if we all just tweaked our consumptive habits is not only preposterous; it’s dangerous. It turns environmentalism into an individual choice defined as sin or virtue…” —Mary Heglar in @KHayhoe’s “Saving Us”

[James Hopf @HopfJames]

This thread by BTI founder Ted Nordhaus about the real barriers to large-scale nuclear deployment is perhaps the best I've seen. I agree 100% with everything he eloquently said. I urge everyone to read the whole thing. 1/12