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Bouquet and Brickbat

TO THE EDITOR: I was very critical of a previous issue of Power and Energy. However, I found the October 2004 issue very informative and helpful. I especially liked the articles by Reid Detchon and the comparison of the approaches by Kerry and Bush. More is needed on a global overview. Keep up the good work.

— Rudolph J. Scavuzzo
Akron, Ohio

TO THE EDITOR: I enjoyed the October 2004 issue, but I feel compelled to comment on the article "Restoring American Power" by Reid Detchon.

As a degreed nuclear engineer with over 40 years of schooling and employment in the field, I am dismayed and absolutely astonished that an article about the country's future energy policy and direction could fail to mention nuclear power as an essential component of our current and future energy mix. If the word "nuclear" appears in the article, I missed it.

If Mr. Detchon's organization, the Energy Future Coalition, is anti-nuclear power, a lobbying arm for the domestic coal industry or has some other reason that nuclear doesn't belong, you owe it to your readership to make them aware of it.

— Henry E. Bliss
Beverly Shores, Ind.

Grid Iron

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to point out something that irked me a bit in the article "Can We Rely on the Grid?" (March 2004). The article is about electrical grids. However, the picture of ice-laden utility lines focuses on old iron wire telephone utility lines with 10 pin cross arms. The electrical power lines in the photo are hardly visible, but are actually on the extreme left of the picture.

— Paul C. Williams
Medina, Ohio

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