Manufacturing Talks
There are millions of cool stories in manufacturing. Your host, Jim Vinoski, helps share them by talking to the people who are making them happen. Manufacturing is where the rubber meets the road. There's no hiding. You're either making good products people will buy for enough to keep you in business, or you're not. Meet the amazing folks who thrive in that survival-of-the-fittest world.
Manufacturing Talks
Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling of Always On Energy Research on why we're heading for an energy disaster
Having just founded Always On Energy Research, Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling -experts on power generation and our creaky grids - joined us to give us their unique perspectives on America's electricity situation. They publish routinely on the subject on their Substack, "Energy Bad Boys."
Isaac is the VP of Research and Mitch is the Director of Research at their new outfit, and they bring incredible depth to this critical discussion. Here are some highlights:
7:00 - why the levelized cost of electricity measure is misleading
10:50 - MISO and the shutdown of its coal-fired power plants
16:45 - the closure of the Metal Technologies Northern Foundry in Hibbing, Minnesota, because of high electricity prices
19:00 - our need to build reliable power generating plants, particularly nuclear
Tune in and learn a whole lot more about this vital topic!
Isaac and Mitch's Substack: https://energybadboys.substack.com/
Always On Energy Research website (not active as of this show's date, but keep checking back!): aoenergy.org