My reading list is getting longer by the day. I was just pointed to Rad Decision a novel in the format of a blog. I have not yet begun to read, but it sure looks interesting. The about the book page is certainly entertaining enough that it would catch my attention as a hardcover “flap” in a bookstore.
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) is a trade association that represents the interests of more than 400 diverse entities involved in the exploration, extraction, distribution, and sales of oil and gas. The API has recently begun publishing a blog called Energy Tomorrow with a stated goal of encouraging a productive debate on energy issues. On…
One of the well known characteristics of the Swiss government is its pragmatic approach to decision making. Hope is never their preferred strategy. Recently, instead of hoping that conservation or renewable energy sources would supply their future needs, the Swiss government indicated that it would be building some new gas fired plants as an interim…
I found an interesting link on A Musing Environment. It is a letter to Bonnie Raitt from a former anti-nuclear activist. It is a good and thoughtful letter. Here is the important conclusion: The real enemy of our planet is the coal industry. Let us take what we have learned from our anti-nuclear organizing to…
Yesterday, President Obama visited a technical training center in Lanham, MD to announce the Department of Energy’s decision to guarantee a loan of $8.3 Billion to Southern Company to build two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor power plants at its Vogtle site in Georgia. If one visited that site today, it would appear that the…
A friend shared a link on Twitter to a BBC article and video titled International nuclear bank – helping world peace?. The article discusses the long history of the proposals to establish a fuel bank that can be placed in territory under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency as a means of reassuring…
The New York Times published an article on July 22, 2009 by Kate Galbraith titled Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power that provides some thought provoking details on the difficulty associated with moving 50 yard long turbine blades, tower sections, and the large nacelles that house reduction gears, generators and control systems…