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Why is Al Jazeera worried that Asia is becoming “addicted” to nuclear energy?

September 20, 2011 By Rod Adams 11 Comments

A regular Atomic Insights reader sent me a link to a program produced by Al Jazeera English titled 101 East – Asia’s nuclear addiction that offers an interesting, if somewhat disturbing, point of view about nuclear energy development. About half of the program describes an effort to site a nuclear power plant in Indonesia and […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Climate change, Fossil fuel competition

Soft hearts should not be accompanied by soft heads

August 30, 2011 By Rod Adams 13 Comments

Yesterday, Vermont Governor Peter Shumulin appeared on Democracy Now to talk about the effect of Hurricane Irene on his Green Mountain State. Twice in the interview, he used the words irrational, but throughout the interview he and his interviewer were remarkably illogical. Though many parts of his state were being washed away by raging floods […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Climate change, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Wind energy

Decarbonise South Australia and Brave New Climate visit The Atomic Show

August 13, 2011 By Rod Adams 36 Comments

Coal Miners against nuclear power

On August 13, 2011, I braved the 13.5 hour time difference between Adelaide, South Australia and Lynchburg, VA to record an interview with Ben Heard, the force behind Decarbonise SA and Dr. Barry Brook, the well respected climate scientist who blogs at Brave New Climate. Aside: I used the phrase “braved the time difference” because […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Fossil fuel competition

False media balance – radiation health risks contrasted against climate change

July 28, 2011 By Rod Adams

An Atomic Insights reader pointed me to Joe Romm’s recent post titled False Balance Exposed: BBC Gives Too Much Weight to Fringe Views on Climate Change, Independent Review Finds. Duh. In that post, Joe discusses how an outside reviewer has determined that the BBCs strong desire to show impartiality can result in providing poor information […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Health Effects, LNT

Another blogger for nuclear energy – Decarbonise SA

July 8, 2011 By Rod Adams

I have just spent a pleasant hour perusing a fascinating site called Decarbonise SA (where SA = South Australia). Ben Heard, an Australian who operates a consultancy named ThinkClimate Consulting is the force behind the site. He is a man on a mission – to move South Australia’s electric power system to zero carbon dioxide […]

Filed Under: Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy, Climate change, Fossil fuel competition

“Green Nukes” – Important climate change mitigation tools

July 5, 2011 By Rod Adams 87 Comments

Adam Curry interviewed Curt Stager, the author of Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth for his Big Book Show. During the interview, Curry and Stager spent several minutes discussing the potential for “green nukes” to be an important climate change mitigation tool. Aside: Adam Curry interviewed me four years ago about […]

Filed Under: Climate change Tagged With: climate mitigation, CO2

APPA Detailed Study on Effects of Switching From Coal to Natural Gas For Electricity Generation – Not a "Bridge Fuel" Strategy

July 12, 2010 By Rod Adams 5 Comments

The American Public Power Association (APPA) has released a detailed, 95-page study titled Implications
 of 
Greater
 Reliance
 on
 Natural
 Gas 
for 
Electricity 
Generation
 (4.8 MB PDF) that analyses the costs, required rule changes, and risks of replacing a major portion of the coal fired electricity in the United States with natural gas. APPA is the […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Fossil fuel competition, Natural Gas

The Atomic Show #090 – Talking nuclear and climate change with Mark Seall of TalkClimateChange.com

April 13, 2008 By Rod Adams Leave a Comment

Mark Seall and Rod Adams talk about nuclear power, its role in fighting climate change and poverty, and Mark’s growing understanding of the risk tradeoffs associated with energy production systems. Mark Seall is a Brit living in Switzerland who has developed a strong interest in environmentalism and in the European activities aimed at reducing the […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Podcast

The Atomic Show #52 – Climate change controversy

March 21, 2007 By Rod Adams

Shane and I discuss our understanding of human activity’s effects on global climate. As two geeks not trained in climate science, but comfortable with complex systems, our approach is unique. Unless you live under a rock, you have an opinion about whether or not man’s activity is causing a coming global catastrophe. Two recent films […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Climate change, Podcast

The Atomic Show #046 – CEO’s request mandatory federal greenhouse gas limits

January 24, 2007 By Rod Adams

Leaders of at least ten major corporations have requested mandatory federal greenhouse gas limits Shane and I talk about the somewhat counterintuitive request by the heads of ten major US corporations (Including GE, FP and L Group, PG and E, Duke Energy, Caterpillar, Alcoa, DuPont, BP America, Lehman Brothers, PNM Resources) for the federal government […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Podcast

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