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Tag Archives: Nuclear Energy
It’s ‘Game Over’ for Fossil Fuels
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
The radiating face of Gaia
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
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Only a fool says, “There is no Gaia!”
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
Life is full of tough choices…
…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
Newsflash: Renewables are cheaper
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
I’m nothing if not controversial
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
What’s wrong with Renewables?
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
Five questions for Chris Huhne
Today may well be Armistice Day but, face the fact, more lives will be lost as a result of unmitigated climate change than have been lost in all wars in the last 7,000 years. So, with that thought in mind, … Continue reading
A brief history of UK nuclear policy – part 2
As with part 1 – yesterday – unless indicated otherwise, reference details are appended at the end (with links wherever possible). From New Millennium to Coalition Government In Small is Beautiful, E.F. Schumacher included a chapter entitled, ‘Nuclear Energy – … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Crisis, Environment, Politics
Tagged Fast Neutron Reactor, Nuclear Energy, radioactive waste
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A brief history of UK nuclear policy – part 1
Introduction After the best part of 20 years in which there has been little or no investment in civil nuclear power, for a variety of reasons, we are now to embark on a rapid new phase of development funded entirely … Continue reading
