Jim Boyden earned his Ph.D. in physics from Cal Tech the same year I graduated from kindergarten (1960). I joked with him during our interview this morning: “So, while I was trying to master the alphabet, you had risen to …
Category: Nuclear
Nuclear Industry Buries Self
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 …
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From Guest-Blogger Joshua Okomo: Green Energy and Human Rights
Global nuclear capacity has remained flat in growth in the last decade, the worldwide operational installed capacity increased insignificantly from 370 GWe at the end of 2005 to 375 GWe at the end of 2010. Nuclear capacity in the OECD …
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Bill Gates’ Vision of Nuclear vs. Renewable Energy
Penny McCracken writes: Is Bill Gates’ nuclear reactor a good idea? Oh, crap! There are a thousand ways he could put his money to use – and not endanger all of us in the doing! Seriously. But I always wonder …
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Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors
Frequent commenter and all-around smart guy Frank Eggers points out that there has been no discussion of liquid fluoride thorium reactors here at 2GreenEnergy. He’s absolutely right, and I propose we attempt to rectify this. Personally, I don’t know what …
When the Architect of Fukushima Reactor 3 Is Scared, So Am I
About once a week, someone asks me for my take on the latest about Fukushima, how concerned we should be, or what the upshot will be in terms of world energy policy (as if there is such a thing). I …
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KPMG Energy Report Is Positively Orwellian
Only a few people, a dozen or so at most, have English language adjectives derived from their names them that are in common parlance: Jeffersonian (often modifying “democracy”), Keynsian (economics), Dickensian (England), etc. While I haven’t done a study on …
Abu Dhabi Commissioning Nuclear Power in 2018
Abu Dhabi is commissioning a new set of nuclear plants for the first time in 2018, that will generate 25% of its power. I find this a bit hard to understand, since it’s happening just as countries like Germany and …
Celebrating a Clean Energy Milestone
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that renewable energy rose to a historic high in the first quarter of 2011 – now producing at a greater rate than nuclear power. Renewable energy sources (biomass/biofuels, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) …
[The Vector] Nuclear Madness (Continued)
…continued from an earlier article … Reason #2 – Danger and Damage This leads me to the 2nd reason why I am against nuclear energy – the danger and risks. On this point, I have had engineers and nuclear experts …
