Here’s an article that makes the same point that I have put forth a few dozen times: there is no nuclear renaissance. At the core of the discussion is the simple and unavoidable fact that nuclear is fantastically expensive – even …
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Electric Transportation and Solar Energy
A reader asked that I comment on this fairly euphoric piece, suggesting that the world economy can and will be revived with the aggressive adoption of electric transportation and photovoltaics. Here are a few bits and pieces of my reaction. …
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Nuclear Energy Faces Considerable Risk
M. Mayer writes a longer comment from which I excerpt: Judging the risks (associated with a certain energy technology) is hard because it’s about making guesses about the unknown. … In a way it’s easier to predict that the sun …
The Nuclear Renaissance is Pushing Ahead? Really?
Because there are plenty of people writing on the Fukushima disaster, I tend to comment on it quite sparingly. But I just received an email from Areva (the French nuclear giant) that begins: “With the nuclear renaissance pushing ahead, I’m …
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Nuclear Renaissance? Guest Blogger Mike Brace Says "Let's Hope Not."
Guest Blogger Mike Brace comments on an article called “A nuclear renaissance needs government funding to move ahead.” This is full-on garbage, written in a deliberate attempt to mislead readers. If you want to find it, use Google, as I …
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