If you’re looking for a summary of news from the entire energy industry: fossil fuels, nuclear, renewables and all the peripheral technologies, you may want to check out Energy Matters; regular 2GreenEnergy readers will note that I quote something this source at least …
“Energy Matters” Offers Some Good News, But As Usual, There’s More To the Story Read More »
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 …
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 …
Albert Einstein left us a number of gifts, most obviously his landmark breakthroughs in theoretical physics. The other, in my estimation, is the utter truckload of pithy philosophic quotes about mankind’s role in the universe. If you’re looking for something …
Thanksgiving – An Appropriate Time to Appreciate Mankind’s Benefactors Read More »
A big part of my quest to understand the migration to renewables is wrapping my arms around the issue of costs. I’m headed for San Francisco on Tuesday to conduct two book interviews specifically on this subject; in one, I’ve …
A well-meaning reader quotes some figures from energy industry author Robert Bryce: Nuclear 300 hp/acre Nat gas 288 hp/acre Solar 36 hp/acre Wind 6.4 hp/acre Corn ethanol 1/4 hp/acre From what I’ve seen, Bryce appears to have made his fortune …
Derailing the Energy Discussion with Meaningless Facts Read More »
One hears a great deal about the cyclical rebound in many of the phenomena we come across in our lives – especially political and financial. I’m always amused by the consultants who urge us to invest in blue chip stocks …
As I’ve written, I’m more than gratified at both the quantity and quality of the comments we’re receiving on the Three Brass Tacks. At a certain level, one could review these comments and note that the subject matter is quite …
