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The only thing worse than an energy collapse

The only thing worse than an energy collapse We learned recently that one of the last coal power stations in the UK is bidding to become the first commercial nuclear fusion plant on Earth.  The news should be taken with a large pinch of salt… nuclear fusion has been 25 years in the future since before I […]

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The only thing worse than an energy collapse

The only thing worse than an energy collapse We learned recently that one of the last coal power stations in the UK is bidding to become the first commercial nuclear fusion plant on Earth.  The news should be taken with a large pinch of salt… nuclear fusion has been 25 years in the future since before I […]

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Fusion is the only possible way to replace fossil fuels. So how is ITER doing?

Fusion is the only possible way to replace fossil fuels. So how is ITER doing? Preface. This website, and my book, When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the future of transportation, and Martin Hoffert, et al in the 2002 Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability: Energy for a Greenhouse Planet, Science. Vol 298 argue […]

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The False Promise of Nuclear Fusion

The False Promise of Nuclear Fusion There have been some pretty radioactive climate change ideas making the rounds at the COP21 talks in Paris. Team Hansen’s wildly unrealistic notion of switching on 61 new nuclear reactors a year was taking the cake until an even fruitier one reared its familiar head: the nuclear chimera known […]

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The energy revolution will not be televised

The energy revolution will not be televised Three recent news items remind us that energy transitions take time, a lot of time–far too much time to be shrunk down into a television special, a few talking points, or the next big energy idea. For example, the complex management task of putting together the international fusion […]

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