Eric McErlain at NEI Nuclear Notes pointed me to an interesting discussion that is going on at MetaFilter about nuclear power in response to Judith Lewis’s article in the LA Weekly. You can find the discussion at http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46540. I was impressed by the civil nature of the discussion and the intelligence of the comments, even those where the author has a negative view of nuclear power plants.
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On January 16, 2007, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset the hands of their famous Doomsday Clock, moving it forward from 11:53 to 11:55. According to their analysis of the world’s current political and environmental situation, we are now a figurative “five minutes till midnight”, with midnight equating to the end of the world…
One of my favorite readers is a high school science teacher from Kansas who blogs at Lone Pony. She recently sent me an email asking for my opinion on some recent articles about Iran. We thought it would be worth sharing the exchange publicly, so here goes. Question One of my concerns is the ignorance…
My years as an operating engineer has turned me into a contrarian and a pessimist who is constantly looking for signs of trouble, especially as others get excited and focused on temporary good news. My years as a critical consumer of commercially sponsored media has also made wary of sales pitches disguised as news stories….
While perusing articles with the phrase “new nuclear power plants” in them, I came across an article on dailypress.com titled Debate on nuclear power is cooling. Here is the subtitle: Residents are comfortable with the plant, calling it a “part of industry,” but some environmentalists say better options are available. One of the nice things…
In a recent commentary on the Huffington Post titled Why Are the New York Times and So Much of the MSM Neglecting a Vital Part of the Utah Mine Collapse Story?, Arianna Huffington raises some key questions about the story coverage decisions being made by the Main Stream Media (MSM). The main thrust of the…
On 2 January 2006, the Financial Times published an article by Thomas Catan titled Dispute likely to boost arguments for nuclear power. It looks like I am not the only one who thinks that the development of favorable opinions about new nuclear power projects is a logical result of the controversy over Russian natural gas…