Environmental Footprint Comparisons

ByRod Adams

Physical Insights is one of my favorite blogs to visit. It is produced by a science student at the University of Melbourne Australia. He recently produced a pithy post with two photos and some computations that should provide a lot of food for thought for those honest environmentalists that are concerned about the footprint that they and their fellow humans leave in order to pursue our own definition of happiness and prosperity.

The environmental footprints of coal and uranium mining.

It is well worth the few minutes it will take to go and read that post rather than have me quote anything here.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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