Bush Is Blowing Smoke on Energy (Commentary)
Hitting all the points in a noted GOP pollster’s playbook, the President’s plan is driven by politics not policy. Worse, it won’t cut oil dependency.
Nuclear
Nuclear power? Yes please, says Blair
Downing Street is drawing up secret plans to create a new generation of nuclear power stations as the centrepiece of the Government’s drive to combat climate change.
UK: Radiating failure
Britain now has half-a-million cubic metres of highly radioactive waste – enough to fill five Albert Halls – in ponds and tanks at power plants and other sites around the country.
Nuclear power is the problem, not a solution
There is a huge propaganda push by the nuclear industry to justify nuclear power as a panacea for the reduction of global-warming gases.
Half-Life Is Beautiful? On nuclear energy
Nuclear waste is an unsolved problem, plant meltdowns are themselves environmentally disastrous, and nuclear material can be used to nefarious and horrifying ends. But if we see climate change as the No. 1 environmental emergency, nuclear energy must, at least, be given a fair hearing. Thus, despite the fact that contemplating it makes me feel like Dick Cheney, we will return to this fissile topic anon.
The Cyanide Solution Part I: No time for Nukes
If the energy and materials to build nuclear power plants must be taken from other forms of construction, which projects will be sacrificed? Military bases abroad, or houses, schools and hospitals at home?
US: Energy crisis fuels revival of uranium mining
The rough and rocky terrain of southwest Colorado is once again luring miners with its promise of yellow wealth — not gold, but uranium.
Iran: Arguments just don’t square up
President Ford’s team commended Iran’s decision to build a massive nuclear energy industry, noting in a declassified 1975 strategy paper that Teheran needed to “prepare against the time – about 15 years in the future – when Iranian oil production is expected to decline sharply.”
Melting Down the Myths
Might we really need nuclear power? Hannah Bullock cuts through seven layers of loose thinking in search of a firm conclusion.
Cracks may force shutdown of UK reactors
Reactors in many UK nuclear power stations are in danger of developing cracks in their graphite cores. This could force some plants to close down earlier than expected, dealing a blow to the idea that nuclear power can become a “green” option in the fight against global warming.
Fear and Loving of Hot Commodities
Eric Sprott could have told you this was coming. Canada’s top fund manager was buying energy stocks long before oil — and other commodities — became the hottest investing trend since the technology bubble. He is wildly bullish about energy. Two words explain why: Hubbert’s Peak.
ASPO Newsletter #51, March 2005
This month’s ASPO Newsletter includes a depletion profile of Malaysia, and collates some of the most important energy news from the last month.