A colleague whose expertise lies in advanced nuclear sent me this earlier today—a comment a reader had written on his blog: “How sad is it that we continue to debate renewables vs. dated nuclear technology, when we should be leading …
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Investing in the Water Industry, Advanced Nuclear
As indicated here, Goldman Sachs is bullish on water, based on the fact that the obvious factors affecting supply and demand are already beginning to drive the price up. When you think about it, there are several factors conspiring to …
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Climate Disruption, Renewable Energy, and Advanced Nuclear
Earlier in the week, we received the good news from our scientific community: following the ban of CFCs and other compounds in the late 20th Century, the ozone layer that protects our Earth from harmful UV rays has made remarkable …
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It’s Not Too Late To Push Nuclear Energy in a Peaceful and Safe Direction
The first atomic bomb was exploded in the deserts in central New Mexico 69 years ago today. Now, the radiation levels there are still 10 times greater than those occurring in nature. Had the U.S. government not been interested in …
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“Utilities Wage Campaign Against Rooftop Solar” – But It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That
A friend sent me this piece from The Washington Post with the title above. He writes: I think you know this, but it’s an interesting article. Yes, this is a challenging issue. It’s hard to argue that solar owners should …
Best-Case Scenario for Nuclear Energy
It’s the birthday of Enrico Fermi (pictured here), the physicist who first applied Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity to the conversion of a tiny amount of mass to a large amount of energy, in the form of the atomic …
Dr. Alex Cannara, Ocean Acidification, and Advanced Nuclear
I recently came across the work of Dr. Alex Cannara, an extremely senior engineer based in Northern California, while I was writing a few comments onto blog posts published on Renewable Energy World. Dr. Cannara is one of the foremost …
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Replacing Fossil Fuels — by Guest Blogger Frank Eggers
Introduction Although this paper has been written primarily to deal with energy concerns in the United States of America, much of the information will be useful for other countries also. Regardless of whether we are concerned about global warming, we …
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