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Peek beneath the sarcasm and machismo
Is there anything to be gained by wading into this article from Jonah Goldberg? The mere prospect leaves me fatigued. The piece actually makes sense on its own pinched, cowardly […]
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Too little, too late?
China will award a contract to build two nuclear reactors in its southeast to France's Areva SA, a Chinese official said according to reports in China Daily and other publications.
The deal, covering two reactors for Yangjiang in Guangdong Province, had originally been awarded to Toshiba Corp.'s Westinghouse Electric Co., which will get an agreement for two other reactors in Shandong Province. The sources said that China needs to add two reactors a year to meet a 2020 target of increasing the share of nuclear in total power from 2.3 percent to 4 percent. Areva and Westinghouse are competing to build as many as 26 more reactors by 2020 as China turns to atomic energy to cut pollution and carbon emissions and reduce its reliance on oil.
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Those people are smart
Robert J. Shapiro of the The American Consumer Institute favors a carbon tax (PDF) over emission trading:
Based on recent economic analyses and evidence, it is clear that carbon taxes are the more effective and efficient strategy for addressing climate change, and provide stronger incentives to develop alternative fuels and more energy-efficient technologies.
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The latest from the makers of The Meatrix
The latest from Free Range Studios, makers of The Meatrix:
The DaVersity Code. Check it.
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A radio debate
Some people think that solar is too expensive to justify public spending. Put your public funds into energy efficiency now, which is much cheaper, and wait for solar's costs to come down. Severin Borenstein, Director of the University of California Energy Institute, is one such person.
Others think that the best way to have cheap solar in the future is to invest in building a market now -- if there is a market, private money will flow into R&D, ecomonies of scale will develop, and costs will come down. JP Ross of Vote Solar is a member of this camp.
On Saturday, they went mano-a-mano on Air America's EcoTalk. Listen to the fireworks here.
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First human-gene-containing rice gets initial approval, London hatches ambitious climate plan, and m
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: CSI: My Apiary If At First You Don’t Secede But Wait, There’s More Carry On My Wayward Gene Yes We […]
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Watch him dance
Watch as Multiple-Choice Mitt tries to say sensible things about energy independence without taking a stand on any particular scientific or policy issue: (via Hugg)
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Take a magical tour of discovery!
Ugh. I’ve got about 50 things stacked up to write about, but I’ve finally been struck by the illness that’s been floating around Seattle. I can’t breathe, my muscles ache, […]
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Expressing energy consumption
A while back, I mentioned this idea of expressing energy consumption in "cubic miles of oil." I was not impressed. I feel better now that Engineer-Poet has expressed (far more intelligently) his own dissatisfaction:
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