I try not to miss an opportunity to thank the people of the U.S. whenever they successfully come together and accomplish something wonderful. In this case, it was exerting enough pressure on our congress to deal a harsh blow to the Trans-Pacific …
Good News For All Those with Lungs: Trans-Pacific Partnership Takes a Hit Read More »
The no-nukes people are celebrating a considerable victory today out here in sunny California: the permanent closing of the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station. Anti-nuclear activist Ace Hoffman writes: The letter that (senior vice president and chief nuclear officer …
Closing of One of California's Two Nuclear Power Plants Bears Mentioning Read More »
Garth asks: Craig, just a question concerning fossil fuel subsidies. EXACTLY what is paid or tax credited in the fossil fuel industry? I have two ways of answering this: 1) If you want an extremely carefully done and conservative approach, …
If you were tasked with crafting the worst possible energy policy, what would you do? Well, you’d say, “OK, I’m going to reward bad behavior, and penalize good behavior,” right? Then you’d send enormous sums of tax-payers’ money to the …
(continued from an earlier article) Down in the Quantum World Nano particles are less than 100 nanomicrons in width, meaning that a human hair is approximately 80,000nm wide. Down at the molecular level, materials behave differently to the way they …
[The Vector] Nanotechnology – A Disappointment? (Part Two) Read More »
The ability of nanotechnologies to deliver cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions has come under attack in a recently released report by the environmental campaigning organisation Friends of the Earth. The nano technology industry has over-promised and under-delivered, according …
Nanotechnology – A Sandwich Without the Beef? (Part One) Read More »
