WATCH: Arizona Students Reconsider Nuclear After Seeing Data

WATCH NOW: CFACT Student Quizzes AZ Students on Nuclear Energy College students hear constant calls for clean energy via solar panels and wind turbines, but far fewer have ever been challenged to consider where nuclear energy fits into the conversation. At the University of Arizona, CFACT Collegian Elliott Taylor set out to test students' assumptions with a simple question and a surprising piece of data. Elliott began by asking students what they believed was the most reliable low-carbon source of energy. The answers came quickly and confidently. Nearly two-thirds of the students interviewed selected solar power as their top choice. Others [...]

By |2026-06-15T10:31:06-04:00June 5th, 2026|Comments Off on WATCH: Arizona Students Reconsider Nuclear After Seeing Data
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WATCH: Arizona Students Reconsider Nuclear After Seeing Data

WATCH NOW: CFACT Student Quizzes AZ Students on Nuclear Energy College students hear constant calls for clean energy via solar panels and wind turbines, but far fewer have ever been challenged to consider where nuclear energy fits into the conversation. At the University of Arizona, CFACT Collegian Elliott Taylor set out to test students’ assumptions with a simple question and a surprising piece of data. Elliott began by asking students what they believed was the most reliable low-carbon source of energy. The answers came quickly and confidently. Nearly two-thirds of the students interviewed selected solar power as their top choice. Others [...]

By |2026-06-15T10:31:28-04:00June 5th, 2026|Comments Off on WATCH: Arizona Students Reconsider Nuclear After Seeing Data
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Spin to Win: Southwest Students Learn Nuclear Facts

CFACT Collegians are proving once again that meaningful conversations about energy don’t have to happen in lecture halls—they can start with something as simple as a spin of the wheel and a piece of candy. At the University of Arizona, campus representative Ashlee Mendola (pictured above) brought nuclear energy education straight to the heart of campus life. Setting up on the busy mall near the student union, Ashlee invited passing students to test their knowledge with a colorful prize wheel featuring nuclear energy trivia. The concept was simple: answer a question, win some candy—but the impact ran much deeper. Ashlee reported [...]

By |2026-06-10T16:30:18-04:00April 15th, 2026|Comments Off on Spin to Win: Southwest Students Learn Nuclear Facts
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Gabby Hoffmann at AU: Conservation IS Conservative

In early March, students at University of Arizona had the opportunity to hear from one of the leading voices in free-market environmentalism when policy expert Gabriella Hoffman visited campus to speak about the conservative roots of conservation and the future of sensible energy policy. Hoffmann’s visit began the day before her presentation with a small group of students eager to spend time with the visiting speaker outside the classroom. On Thursday afternoon, Hoffmann joined a group of students, including CFACT campus representatives Elliot Taylor and Ashlee Mendola for a hike through the breathtaking desert landscape of Saguaro National Park, giving students [...]

By |2026-06-10T12:33:00-04:00March 10th, 2026|Comments Off on Gabby Hoffmann at AU: Conservation IS Conservative
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Arizona Collegian Champions Private Conservation

At a recent club meeting at the University of Arizona, CFACT campus representative Elliot Taylor delivered a presentation on the essential role private property plays in conservation—particularly when it comes to water use in the American Southwest. Speaking to roughly 30 students and faculty sponsors of her TPUSA chapter, Taylor challenged the common narrative that farmers and landowners are obstacles to environmental protection. Arizonian students showed up in force to hear what Elliot had to say about private property’s role in conservation Elliot opened her presentation by challenging common assumptions about environmental stewardship, noting that an estimated 70 to 75 percent [...]

By |2026-06-10T12:06:57-04:00February 3rd, 2026|Comments Off on Arizona Collegian Champions Private Conservation
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Battery trickery by U.S. utilities

BY DAVID WOJICK, Ph.D. Some utilities have adopted a deceptive practice of making battery packs seem much more important then they are.

By |2019-03-10T22:52:48-04:00March 5th, 2019|Comments Off on Battery trickery by U.S. utilities
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Rooftop solar: welfare for the wealthy?

Net metering has been around since the early 1980s when solar panels were expensive and few people had them. But the dynamics changed drastically when states began passing renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that required predetermined percentages of electricity be generated from renewable sources—some even specified which sources are part the mix and how much of the resource was required. For example, in my home state of New Mexico, the Diversification Rule requires that 1.5% of the RPS must be met by “distributed generation” (read: rooftop solar). Arizona requires 30% of the RPS be derived from “distributed energy technologies” (once again, rooftop solar).

By |2013-09-09T11:47:40-04:00September 9th, 2013|3 Comments
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