True to form, Glenn Doty writes a thorough and quite helpful comment on my piece about measuring the increase in the use of renewable energy. He closes with two ideas on which I would like to comment in return: 1) …
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How Clean Is Nuclear Power?
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Is Renewable Energy Growing Stronger? It Depends on How You Look At It
EVWorld has a wonderfully encouraging article on renewables that begins: Pop quiz time. The fastest growing energy sector in terms of percentage of growth in the United States between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011 was: A) natural gas, B) …
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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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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 …
A Few Sobering Truths About Energy Consumption in the US
Here’s a piece from Kentucky-based consulting engineer and frequent commenter John Robbins, who provides some sobering remarks on the truth behind our current push for renewables. Last week, I was one of 3 teaching a professional seminar about Passivhaus. In …
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[The Vector] Nuclear Madness (Continued)
…continued from an earlier article … What is the history of support for nuclear energy, and why? Professor Parenti reminds us that the a great wave of interest hit after the Arab Oil embargo of 1973, with its subsequent fear …
Is Areva Really Involved in Solar? We Can Live With the Truth Either Way.
I’m at a loss to understand something, and I’m wondering if I could appeal to readers to help explain it. Last year, Areva, the French energy giant, best known (at least in the US) as a nuclear energy company, bought …
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The Nuclear Renaissance is Pushing Ahead? Really?
Because there are plenty of people writing on the Fukushima disaster, I tend to comment on it quite sparingly. But I just received an email from Areva (the French nuclear giant) that begins: “With the nuclear renaissance pushing ahead, I’m …
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