Here’s a regular feature called “Campaign Watch” from the American Energy Society’s weekly publication: A survey of 20 declared Democratic presidential candidates (and incumbent President Trump’s response) on climate change policy:
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Thin Film Solar Breaks Efficiency Record
When I got started in this subject a few years ago, the efficiency of thin film solar (i.e., the percentage of sun’s radiant power that is converted into electricity) was measured in single digits. Here, we just achieved 16.1%, a …
Yes, Our Assessment of Nuclear Safety is Not Completely Logical, But….
A great deal of our objection to nuclear energy is based not on logical thinking, but on a kind of irrational hysteria that derives from our contemplating the explosion of hydrogen bombs, or how much more devastating accidents like Fukushima, …
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The Key Driver of Energy: Cost
Larry Lemmert, astute as always, wrote a terrific comment here, to the effect that our assessments of the dangers of nuclear energy are unfounded, and the math we attempt to apply here unfair. I think it’s true that there is …
