This is a followup to my post about whether or not nuclear power is considered green power and Vermont, the Green Mountain State’s issue with the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant license renewal.  I was channel surfing today and because of my “connection” with Vermont, the power plant in Vernon, and the refusal of by Vermont’s legislature to renew the plant’s license to operate, a segment on Varney & Company caught my ear.

On Monday Stuart Varney interviewed State Senator Peter Shumlin (D) Vermont, about the power plant license renewal.  A question asked by Mr. Varney was about what Vermont was going to do when the power plant was shutdown in 2012.  Where were they going to get their power?  Senator Shumlin’s answer was a little vague saying that they would buy some from Canada and encourage more renewable energy like solar, after all, “Germany was getting 30% of their power from solar energy”.

Well, after some research by Mr. Varney, and shared on Tuesday’s show, it was discovered that Germany’s solar power provides less than 1% of its power requirement, quite a difference, don’t you think.  Solar energy can help, but using it on a large scale is still quite a ways off, especially to replace 1/3 of the power requirements for Vermont now provided by the Vermont Yankee plant.  This kind of misstatement really hurts our cause and the lack of knowledge by people who are making these decisions is disconcerting to say the least.

I wish that politicians would concentrate on getting us a good, fair, and balanced energy policy, that will protect as well as efficiently utilize our resources and provide for alternative energies.  I want them to think, yes think hard about alternatives and consequences before they make a decision.  Maybe there should be more project managers running the country.  Risk management and contingency planning are part of our DNA.

In American English, “book it” can mean to accelerate or get going faster.

That’s the name we’ve chosen for this posting, although it has a double meaning here, connected with our actual upcoming book.

Well, it looks like our book, tentatively titled Green Project Management, has been formally announced by our publisher.  It’s got an ISBN number: 9781439830017, and you can find it at several sites such as CRC’s own site.

Talk about a keeping the project team motivated!  There’s nothing like seeing the end product already being promoted to drive the project team (the two of us writing the book) forward with vim, vigor, and vitality!

Actually, the reality of it all does indeed become a driver and we are finding many rich sources of information and potential partners the more we look into this subject.

We’re into it!  And we hope that you will be just as “into it” as the young reader above…

Rich and Dave

This is a whole feature on Project Management and the “Green Sector”.  Very good and recommended reading whether you’re interested in our interview or not!

Check it out HERE.