If you want to subscribe to the “This Week in Science” podcast, as I do, the link is above. The graphic here is from this week’s show. I remain hopeful that an entry in the near future will read: “Scientists …
If you want to subscribe to the “This Week in Science” podcast, as I do, the link is above. The graphic here is from this week’s show. I remain hopeful that an entry in the near future will read: “Scientists …
2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood and I are having a discussion I thought I’d share: Cameron: Up What do you think about the info provided in these two articles: here and here? Craig: I believe that nuclear energy is necessary to …
2020 was the first year in which renewable power generation (excluding hydro) surpassed nuclear power generation. Now, proponents of renewables, and I’m certainly one, may find that a heartening statistic. But it’s not. Considering the growth in demand for energy, …
Renewables “Beat” Nuclear–But Is That a Good Thing? Read More »
Here we have Bill Gates discussing nuclear power, pointing out that it’s safer than oil, coal, natural gas–and, of course that it’s a requirement if our civilization is to mitigate climate change successfully, insofar as it emits zero carbon. So …
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From the New York Times: LONDON — Prince William on Thursday announced the establishment of an environmental prize worth 50 million pounds, or $65 million, that will reward climate change solutions over the next 10 years, saying it was an …
The author of the graph below is obviously bullish on renewable energy–doesn’t that have a familiar ring to it? Seriously, that projection of renewables goes right through the roof, and that’s a good thing, of course.
In the history of the nuclear energy space, most of the world’s attention has been focused on fission, the breaking apart of large atoms, like uranium, into smaller ones, and the capture of the huge amounts of energy that happens …
The future of nuclear energy will follow one of two paths. When we say “advanced nuclear,” we’re normally talking about fission, the decay of large atoms into smaller ones. Because the products have less mass than the reactants, an enormous …
It’s the birthday of Italian-born physicist Enrico Fermi, instrumental in creating the atomic bomb in the mid-20th Century. When WWII was over and he had a chance to reflect on all this, he wrote:
The meme here made me smile, as it illustrates the challenges we face with predicting the future 50 years hence, while calling to mind scientists’ beliefs as to how climate change is going to affect humankind over that same period …
“Predictions Are Hard To Make, Especially About the Future” — Yogi Berra Read More »