I came across an article this morning (though I can’t find it now) that referenced a recent conversation that someone supposedly had with legendary environmental activist Bill McKibben, in which the question was posed: “Where do you stand on nuclear, …
Tag: nuclear energy
Environmentalists Get a Lot of the Science Right, But Not All
In general, those who call themselves environmentalists have some basic understanding of the science that underlies their cause. There are a few gigantic counter examples, however. We could start with the notion that we need to abolish natural gas fracking …
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Some Billionaires Continue to Pour Support into the Cleantech Cause
Numerous 2GE readers tell me about their attempts to reach certain celebrity billionaires with their cleantech ideas. In the privacy of my own thoughts, I believe that unsolicited communications are almost certainly doomed to failure, though, of course, I never …
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Follow-Up on Nuclear Energy
In a recent post on our prospects for nuclear energy, I happened to mention that the U.S. is in a position to lead the world away from nuclear weaponry. Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: In this claim, there is the assumption …
Basing Environmental Decisions On Fact Vs. Hysteria
My friend Cameron Atwood writes: Curious to know your perspective on this article: Closure of Diablo Nuclear Plant Signals Dawn of Renewable Energy Era. I have essentially the same take on this that I had on the other piece on nuclear energy, …
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Nuclear Energy: Good News in Fusion
TriAlpha Energy, a company I’ve mentioned many times, is apparently out of its “stealth mode,” as one infers from its new website. The way I understand this, there are various ways to provide the required energy to a certain feedstock, …
Nuclear Energy: Where Is It Going?
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.
Nuclear Energy’s Role Vis-à-vis Solar and Wind
Here’s a note I sent earlier to a very senior scientist who leads a group of people whose purpose is to re-invigorate the nuclear industry here and around the world. He rests his position on a point with which I …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec: The Impact of Germany’s Decision to Decommission its Nuclear Reactors, France’s Phasing Out Nukes Too
The power of the atom was shown during the Manhattan project and, more particularly, the explosion of the first nuclear bomb “Little Boy” in 1945. The world has never been the same since. Then, after military usage, it came rapidly …
From a Guest Blogger on Nuclear Energy: Godzilla, Fukushima, and Our Not-Quite-All-of-the-Above Energy Policy
Godzilla is returning. The 60-year-old monster is responding to the call of a world that is once again grappling with questions raised by the fearsome power of the atom. But while he was born to comment on the destructive capabilities …
