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The Bulletin: September 19-25, 2024
The Bulletin: September 19-25, 2024 An Unprecedented Monetary Destruction Is Coming | Mises Institute The Energy Collapse | Louis Arnoux – by Rachel Donald North Carolina, Europe, Nigeria: Why everywhere seems to be flooding | Vox “Help! My child is becoming right wing!”: Leading Berlin newspaper provides “tips for democratic parents” who are forced to […]
Is nuclear energy the answer?
Is nuclear energy the answer? probably not Nuclear power is one of the most polarizing topics in any discussion of our energy future. As someone who appreciates the potential of nuclear energy, I am torn about its prospects. On one hand, nuclear energy offers an always-on, low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. On the other, its […]
Fukushima Daiichi adds Insult to Injury for the Pacific’s Coral Reefs.
Fukushima Daiichi adds Insult to Injury for the Pacific’s Coral Reefs. As the El Niño builds to a terrifying crescendo, that won’t peak before April 2024, the Pacific’s Coral Reefs will become stressed, and a bleaching event will unfold as it did in the 2016 El Niño. What is our response? TEPCO and the Japanese government […]
MIT Study: Nuclear Power Shutdown Could Lead To Increased Deaths
MIT Study: Nuclear Power Shutdown Could Lead To Increased Deaths A new MIT study indicates that retiring U.S. nuclear power plants could lead to an increase in burning fossil fuels to fill the energy gap, resulting in over 5,000 premature deaths due to increased air pollution. Nearly 20 percent of current electricity in the U.S. […]
No, Nuclear Energy Won’t Save Us
No, Nuclear Energy Won’t Save Us Soon to be mementos of a lost age. Photo by Lukáš Lehotský on Unsplash Ever since the first commercial reactors have started to produce electricity for the grid in the 1950’s (um, about 70 years ago now…) we keep hearing how nuclear is the clean, green power of the future. No emissions, […]
EU Members Clash Over Nuclear Energy’s Role In Climate Policy
EU Members Clash Over Nuclear Energy’s Role In Climate Policy The EU is in the process of expanding its renewable energy targets to reduce CO2 emissions. Countries are divided over whether nuclear energy should be considered a part of renewable energy targets. France leads the campaign to recognize nuclear energy as a CO2-free contributor, while […]
“These Are The Manipulations That Will Be Common Now That The World Is Transitioning To Squeezing Scarce Resources Out Of A Globalized Economy”
“These Are The Manipulations That Will Be Common Now That The World Is Transitioning To Squeezing Scarce Resources Out Of A Globalized Economy” Kishida’s cabinet formally adopted a policy to extend the life of its nuclear plants beyond the self-imposed sixty-year limit. Japan’s engineers had originally put a cap in place for all sorts of […]
Fusion Breakthrough is a Nuclear Nothing Burger
FUSION BREAKTHROUGH IS A NUCLEAR NOTHING BURGER The U.S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory kicked off its year-end Go-Fund-Me drive last week announcing a nuclear fusion breakthrough. “The fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes. Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.” –Financial Times, December 11, 2022 […]
Nuclear Power Is No Solution For the World’s Energy Problems
NUCLEAR POWER IS NO SOLUTION FOR THE WORLD’S ENERGY PROBLEMS Nuclear power is no solution to the world’s energy problems. Not even close. It’s important for electric power but electric power is not even 40% of the world’s energy supply—nor is it expected to increase much over the next 30 years. IEA projects that nuclear […]
Experts Say Nuclear Energy as Climate Solution Is Total ‘Fiction’
A protestor gestures during an anti-nuclear demonstration on October 1, 2016 in Siouville-Hague, northwestern France. (Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images) Experts Say Nuclear Energy as Climate Solution Is Total ‘Fiction’ “The reality is nuclear is neither clean, safe, or smart; but a very complex technology with the potential to cause significant harm.” As global […]
US Experts to Trudeau: Your Nuclear Dream May Turn Nightmare
US Experts to Trudeau: Your Nuclear Dream May Turn Nightmare Rethink backing the Moltex reactor, urge nine non-proliferation heavyweights. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. His government is backing a new generation of reactors US experts now warn could fuel nuclear weapons proliferation. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian […]
Gen IV SMR nuclear reactors
Gen IV SMR nuclear reactors Preface. Peak conventional oil, which supplies over 95% of our oil, may have peaked in 2008 (IEA 2018) or 2018 (EIA 2020). We are running out of time. And is it really worth building these small modular reactors (SMR) given that peak uranium is coming soon? And until nuclear waste disposal exists, they should […]
In Promoting New Nuclear Power, Biden-Harris Back Fiction Over Science
In Promoting New Nuclear Power, Biden-Harris Back Fiction Over Science Nuclear fuel assemblies being inspected before entering a pressurized water reactor in the United States – Public Domain Although possibly a sad comment on his predecessors, incoming U.S. president, Joe Biden, is offering the most progressive climate policy so far of any who have previously […]
