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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I can almost hear Another One Bites The Dust, the ubiquitous Queen song played at so many American high school sporting events. According to Professor Barry Brook’s Brave New Climate, James Hansen and Tom Blees have influenced another long time anti-nuclear activist to take another look at nuclear power, especially in light of the climate…
The Energy Business Review Online published an article by Matthew Cowie on 8 December titled Carbon caps: German coal faces heat. Apparently the European Commission has figured out that a carbon trading scheme will only reduce carbon emissions if there is a tighter limit on the number of credits that can be issued. After reviewing…
Okay, my title is a bit of a paraphrase of the below exchange from Five Questions for Vinod Khosla posted on January 30, 2008 on Mendo Coast Current. E2T: You’re well known for having big macro views as to how these things have to change. What do you think is the single biggest failure of…
NEI Nuclear Notes pointed me to Angela Saihi, their most recent blogger for nuclear energy. The NEI post did not prepare me to find a professionally produced show titled People and Power with part one of an episode about how the greens went nuclear. You really need to see this. I am looking forward to…
In this July 30, 2009 video from CleanSkies.com titled T. Boone Pickens Previews the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 there are some thought provoking statements, especially if you are a cynic who believes that the energy establishment would love to make nuclear energy disappear from the conversation. If you listen closely, you will hear T….
I encourage you all to visit the active discussion going on at Depleted Cranium about wind energy limitations. Here is a sample: I shouldn’t complain though. I’m glad to see that wind energy is finally getting some of the criticism it deserves in the mainstream media. Just like biofuels started getting called on its various…
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