My old friend from high school, Bruce Wilson, now a practitioner of LEED certified building construction, sent me this piece on the Westinghouse bankruptcy and what it means to the nuclear industry. I respond: I have to think the author is …
Westinghouse Bankruptcy Shakes The Nuclear World – Forbes Read More »
A reader asks for my viewpoint on this article, suggesting that one-third of the world’s oceans have been polluted from the radiation that continues to leak from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. My take is that this is the typical …
How Contaminated are the Oceans from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Read More »
It’s hard to predict what will happen to the nuclear industry. Taking a broad view, nuclear energy is both absolutely vital to low-emissions world and completely taboo even to discuss.
Here’s a report on the amount of CO2 associated with various power sources. It’s not uncommon for the nuclear industry to seize upon reports like this, and say, “Ya see? We’re clean energy too.” Of course, that’s true, and I wouldn’t have …
We speak often about ending the subsidies for Big Oil, in an effort to create a level playing field for renewable energy, and simply to stop transferring wealth from the U.S. tax-payer to the captains of the most profitable industry …
Here’s a good article on the nuclear industry, suggesting that 2012 should be the year that we finally “bury it.” Though I love the guy’s writing, I’m not sure we need the dramatics here. Nuclear is fantastically expensive – more …
