There are many interesting but sad elements to my involvement with the pro-nuclear online community of which I’m a part. For example, last night one guy asked the 95-member group in an effort to discredit the arguments of anti-nuke renewable energy proponent Joe Romm, “What are the most egregious errors he’s making?” (more…)
I hope you’ll check out the video link here, showing how truly awe-inspiring certain aspects of the Chinese people and its culture are. As another example, China is the world’s leader in investments in renewable energy. Unfortunately, it’s also the world’s leading polluter, and continues to build coal-fired power plants at an alarming rate. (more…)
From today’s Writer’s Almanac:
It’s the birthday of the novelist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, (pictured here with her boyfriend Jean-Paul Sartre) born in Paris, France (1908)….. (more…)
Many of us occupy ourselves, in otherwise inactive moments, by contemplating what the future of energy may be like. We need to keep in mind that, since the earth receives more than 6,000 times more power from the sun than all of us humans are consuming, we are presented with the challenge of harvesting only a tiny fraction of the incident solar energy. (more…)
Over the years, 2GreenEnergy has played host to an uncountable number of discussions about the projected adoption curve for electric vehicles. In particular, many of us have wrung our hands over how slow this process has been, while harboring the fear that the future may be just as uninteresting as the past. (more…)
I like to think of myself as a man of righteous conviction. “Damned be he who disagrees with this,” I sometimes think to myself as I pound my chest between keystrokes.
Having said that, it really does feel good when my observations on our civilization’s approach to energy align with those of the ultimate man of peace and wisdom, The Dalai Lama. Here he comes out as a proponent of advanced nuclear, i.e., safe, clean, reasonably-priced nuclear energy that has no capacity to act as the basis of thermonuclear weapons.
His reasoning: all of us on Earth, rich or poor, have a right to a decent future, and none of us wants to despoil the planet’s future. He speaks the usual sooth.
When I first became seriously interested in renewable energy about a decade ago, several people told me: “Renewables aren’t on Big Oil’s radar screen right now, since clean energy’s penetration into the overall energy mix is next to nothing. But watch what happens when solar and wind become a real threat. The fossil fuel people will go ballistic; they’ll fight tooth and nail to put a spear through their new-found competition.” (more…)
Here’s something that will simultaneously amuse and inspire; it’s a reminder of how quickly our society is evolving towards civility, equality and decency.
Do you want your children to live next door to a landfill? The burning of this pile of trash releases toxic chemicals into the air, causing serious problems for our own generation and the ones that follow. There are many reasons why recycling is an earth-friendly and environmentally responsible thing to do. (more…)
As growing populations result in the inevitable larger, messier landfills, more aggressive and viable solutions are being developed and implemented through three major channels: organic recycling, technology, and other creative forms of recycling at every level. While admittedly not totally effective by any means, when combined with other available methods, they can make a noticeable dent in the landfill dilemma. (more…)
