As a lazy man who likes to repurpose his work whenever possible, I want to share a note that I just sent to some of my nuclear friends who question my analysis about the actions of fossil fuel interests to restrain the growth of nuclear energy. Rod, I have never been a big fan of [...]
Fission can help avoid a post hydrocarbon economic collapse
In my engagement with the Sierra Club group on LinkedIn (note – the group is not sponsored or affiliated with the actual Sierra Club) I ran across a commenter who would probably find some kindred souls among the Peak Oil pessimists and the skeptical survivalists. Here is what he told me after I had described [...]
Does the end of cheap, easy oil really mean the end of cheap, reliable energy?
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2/2) (PL) by DobrySamarytanin Part 2 of A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash adds more stark images and historical footage that shows the importance of energy in the form of readily accessible oil, but it also illustrates some of the toxic hazards and armed conflicts that we have accepted [...]
End of era of cheap combustion energy; beginning of era of cheap fission energy
During the next few days or weeks, I am going to try to develop an energy story that I hope will inspire action, not depression. I may not succeed. The first installment is the first half of a 90 minute documentary video titled A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash a 2007 documentary film that includes [...]
I do not hate oil companies; I hate their business model and the way they dismiss nuclear energy
I do not hate oil companies, I hate their business model. I hate the fact that they are capturing a vast portion of the world’s wealth and power by extracting an ever higher price for essentially the same product that they have been selling for 100 years with few technical improvements that make it more [...]