“A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow,” by Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist (2019) Here’s a quick summary of the main points from this excellent book… My two main criticisms of this book Despite these specific differences of opinion, I love this book for selling … [Read more…]
The sciences help us understand what can be objectively known and the laws by which the universe operates. Artists help us interpret the unknown in ways that might be useful or interesting to us. Artists live right at the edge of order and chaos, interpreting the chaos and sometimes organizing it in such a way … [Read more…]
When I was in college, we worked on a project as a group of geoscientists and engineers to try and select the best possible disposal option for nuclear “waste.” As I remember, our favorite idea was geologic disposal beneath subducting plates that would carry it into the earth’s core. Dumping it into outer space was … [Read more…]
Its just a plan, and no plan ever survives contact with the enemy. I say the APR-1400 is the best now, and it is not perfect. It is a very solid piece of technology with a great track record, and it has low recorded costs and construction times relative to others. But there is some … [Read more…]
II am so excited to talk to you today about why nuclear power kicks ass! Of all power sources, why does nuclear power kick the most ass? It is – quite simply – the quickest, cleanest, and surest route to a carbon-neutral future. And it will yield many dividends beyond carbon-free power, including solving water … [Read more…]
What is the scariest thing about nuclear power? The bomb, right? Ok – but let’s set that aside for the moment and look at it separately later. What is the second scariest thing? I say it’s meltdown. The worst nuclear power accidents in human history, in descending order of severity, are Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Three … [Read more…]
When I first began researching nuclear power, I read a few things that led me to believe that the link between civil nuclear power and nuclear proliferation was a manageable risk. Discounting that risk, I soon became convinced that nuclear power was awesome. I was recovering from the delusion that we could decarbonize the power … [Read more…]
Here’s a question for you: Do you think nuclear power will improve life on earth, or make it worse? I’m going to attempt to answer that question in this post, but first I’d encourage you to take 60 seconds to think seriously about that question before reading the content below. That will ensure that you … [Read more…]