A nice short documentary on nuclear energy, based on the work of nuclear expert Arnold Gundersen.
Archive for the ‘energy’ Category
Dial “M” for Meltdown
Posted in nuclear on September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When will Scotland be free of radioactivity from nuclear plants?
Posted in nuclear on September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tip: try never. The Dounreay nuclear plant, in Scotland, was shut down in 1993, after releasing tens of thousands of radioactive fuel fragments to the sea. Now, the Scottish Environment Agency recognizes that it won’t be able to restore the seabed to pristine condition and will have to settle for remediation. That’s it. Stan Blackley, [...]
Great news on renewable energy
Posted in renewables on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite receiving far less public funding than fossil fuels or nuclear power, the renewable energy sector has had some major breakthroughs in the past years. Here are two examples of these advances I’ve come across recently, The first is the Gemasolar power plant. In Southern Spain, a concentrated solar thermal power plant managed to produce [...]
Canadian government blasted by its own environmental agency over tar sands
Posted in oil on August 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Canadian government, ruled by conservatives, has been very active dismissing any claims made by NGOs and other governments over the environmental damage which will result from tar sands extraction. In fact, the government wants us to believe that they will be able to turn one of the most polluting activities in the world into [...]
A radiation expert blasts Japan’s response to the Fukushima meltdown
Posted in nuclear on August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Professor Tatsuhiko Kodama, head of the Radioisotope Center at the University of Tokyo, recently gave a shocking testimony on Japan’s parliament (the Lower House in the Diet), condemning the government’s response to the nuclear crisis. The videos, with English subtitles, are available on Youtube (part 1, part 2) and are well worth to watch, as [...]
Jonathon Porrit vs George Monbiot on nuclear power
Posted in nuclear on August 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Two posh britishmen discussing nuclear power. Not exactly my cup of tea, I really don’t like the arrogant tone both regularly use, but interesting to follow. Jonathon Porritt argued in a blog post that nuclear power supporters within the environmental movement are hijacking the debate over the future of energy, by putting it in terms [...]
The World Bank as a major environmental criminal
Posted in coal on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The World Bank is now the major source for financing of new coal-fired power plants in the less developed nations. This policy is justified on the grounds that new coal plants are less polluting than old ones and that the plants are needed to assure electricity supply to the poor. Both claims are wrong, as [...]
The enormous cost of Shell’s crimes in Nigeria
Posted in oil on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For five decades, Shell has polluted the Ogoniland, in Nigeria, with oil. Dozens of massive oil spills have left the soil and water contaminated and the revolt by the Ogoni against these crimes was often crushed by the dictatorship, with a precious help from Shell. A new report by the United Nations Environment Program estimates [...]
The Fukushima dilemma
Posted in nuclear on August 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
While news break out of record levels of radiation in the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Guardian), residents with children face a hard choice: leave their homes and jobs or expose their children to radiation levels above the recommended level. In the local schools, children face several restrictions. they cannot play soccer or baseball, swim in [...]
How noisy is a wind farm?
Posted in renewables on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Telegraph decided to make an experiment and record it on video (link). As this is one of the main (bogus) arguments given against wind farms, the video is quite instructive.
