The energy scene here on planet Earth can be summarized as follows: we’re trying to solve a problem so profound that the continuity of our civilization hangs in the balance. We either replace fossil fuels over the next few decades, …
Category: Nuclear
Is Nuclear Necessary?
Frequent commenter “BreathOnTheWind” asks: Could someone “remind” me why Nuclear Energy is essential as a “new model” for an era without fossil fuels? I would summarize the issues with nuclear as follows:
U.S. Politics and Nuclear Energy
My colleague Bob Zannelli writes: It should be kept in mind that all the other candidates including Hillary are getting lots of fossil fuel money, the center of global warming Denialism. If Bernie comes out as pro nuke Hillary would …
Nuclear Energy Losing Out in Sweden
Here’s a great article on the electricity grid in Sweden, one of the best and most reliable in the world today. At issue is the demise of nuclear, a phenomenon based largely on rising costs vis-a-vis competitive energy resources, including …
Nuclear Fusion: Zero-Carbon Energy Source of the Future?
A reader asked me to comment on this breakthrough in Germany re: nuclear fusion. In particular, “Can you speak to its safety?” Thanks. This is very similar to what my friends at TriAlpha are doing here in California. In fact, …
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Nuclear Safety Is Not a Cut-and-Dried Issue
Frank from Florida writes: How can a pro-nuke person honestly say that he or she is “concerned for our descendants and all species around us?” Don’t they know that after a nuclear accident it takes generations for living things to …
Can Nuclear Be Safe?
On my post “Adventures in Biofuels,” a reader notes: One thing I notice is you continue to point to nuclear as an option. Do you really believe humans can build a facility, operate it efficiently and dispose of the waste safely? I …
Some of the Pro-Nuke People Really Don’t Like Renewables At All
A member of the pro-nuke group writes: Craig, we have no $ interest in nuclear. We have concern for our descendants and all the species around us. We have concern for facts, since human progress proceeds no other way. You know …
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Proponents of Nuclear Science Shouldn’t Object to Objectivity
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 …
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Think Twice Before Taking a Position Against The Dalai Lama
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 …
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