Tag Archives: Nuclear Energy

It’s ‘Game Over’ for Fossil Fuels

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Rick Altman

I’d really like to think oil companies will soon admit the game is up: The extraction of fossil fuels is going to become increasingly financially uneconomic and socially unacceptable. After all, it is almost 4 months since Mark Carney said … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Denial, Energy Crisis, Environment, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Palaeoclimatology, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged Bioroot Energy, Energy of Nations, Jermey Leggett, Mixed Alcohol Fuels, Nuclear Energy, Recycling Waste | 1 Comment

The radiating face of Gaia

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Rick Altman

I decided that my review of The Revenge of Gaia, as published by James Lovelock in 2006, was dragging on a bit, so have decided to finish it off. This is therefore the fourth and final part (and thus longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Energy Crisis, Environment, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Bjorn Lomborg, Bob Geldof, Gaia, Gaia Hypothesis, George Monbiot, James Lovelock, Mark Lynas, Nuclear Energy, perception, Stewart Brand, the Enlightenment, The Revenge of Gaia, Tom Blees, Writing on the wall | 2 Comments

Only a fool says, “There is no Gaia!”

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Rick Altman

As promised earlier this month, this is the second part of my review of The Revenge of Gaia, as published by James Lovelock in 2006. Having been told by many people I should read it, I have now done so … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Science, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Politics | Tagged Gaia Hypothesis, James Lovelock, Nuclear Energy, The Revenge of Gaia | 6 Comments

Life is full of tough choices…

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Rick Altman

…but this isn’t one of them. Or is it? The trouble is, of course, that removing all the subsidies and tax breaks given to the fossil fuel industry (which are delaying the creation of a free market in power generation) … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Disorder, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Limits to Growth, Politics | Tagged Civil Disorder, European Union, Fast Neutron Reactor, Jared Diamond, Nuclear Energy, Post Carbon Institute, richard heinberg | 9 Comments

Newsflash: Renewables are cheaper

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Rick Altman

As has often been said, the Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones. I therefore trust that people will not blithely dismiss me as anti-progress (I am just anti-18th Century technology). However, thanks to 350.org, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumerism, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy | Tagged Australia, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Giles Parkinson, Kobad Bhavnagri, Nuclear Energy | 5 Comments

I’m nothing if not controversial

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Rick Altman

This week saw the first anniversary of the Earthquake and Tsunami that devastated the east coast of Japan, which I still vividly remember watching – in total disbelief on live TV – as bAltman water filled with burning debris inundated … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Energy Crisis, Environment, Greenpeace, Renewable Energy | Tagged Fast Neutron Reactor, Go Beyond Oil, Greenpeace, Nuclear Energy, radioactive waste | 8 Comments

What’s wrong with Renewables?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Rick Altman

OK then, what is wrong with renewable energy? Well, if you can say what is bigger than the Universe and more powerful than God, then you already know… However, if you are not sure, the answer is depicted in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Consumerism, Ecological Modernisation, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, Limits to Growth, Mass Extinctions, Modernity, Philosophy, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged Fast Neutron Reactor, Go Beyond Oil, life, mortality, Nuclear Energy | 5 Comments