The Electric Car Fetish

29 Dec, 2010 01:01 pm Many automobile enthusiasts believe that the electric car is the wave of the future that will help save the environment while expanding the availability...

Nuclear generation costs - revisiting estimates (once again)

10 Nov, 2009 02:06 pm The debate about the true level of nuclear electricity generation cost is far to be closed. The estimates are regularly reviewed and updated...

Go Nuclear to Avert Climate Change

2 Nov, 2009 02:58 pm It is proposed by the U.K. government's chief scientific advisor that we should go for nuclear to avert climate change but time and uranium supplies are...

Burning Picassos for Heat

26 Aug, 2009 11:05 pm Burning natural gas to extract and process oil from the Canadian tar sands has been likened by one industry insider to burning Picassos for heat...

Is Thorium an Energy Alchemist's Dream?

27 Mar, 2009 02:20 pm Advocates say that already existing thorium fuel and reactor technology could provide centuries and perhaps millennia of safe, abundant nuclear power...

The undiscussed supply chain

9 Dec, 2008 11:56 am The extraction of uranium is dangerous, leaves a toxic legacy for millions of years in vulnerable parts of the world, and is hardly conducted in an ethical...

Iran's Oil Shield Slips

4 Nov, 2008 05:18 pm Between the US election and the gyrations of the financial markets, some important implications of the declining price of oil haven't received the attention...

How Much Will New Nuclear Power Plants Cost?

2 Nov, 2008 03:03 pm The costs of building new American nuclear reactors may be much higher than quoted by the industry.

METALS SHORTAGES.

16 Sep, 2008 11:04 am It is not only an impending gap in demand and supply of oil that imposes upon the conservation of human civilization, the pressing and imminent depletion...

The Nuclear Future That Never Arrived

29 Jul, 2008 02:57 pm Understanding how the great hopes of early nuclear power advocates eventually turned into great disappointment may shed some light on nuclear power's future...

Nuclear power: False climate change prophet?

21 Jul, 2008 09:31 am A new study reveals that nuclear power is not as clean as the industry claims.

Tidal vs Nuclear

4 Jul, 2008 10:41 am Even as Gordon Brown gives support for more nuclear newbuild, tidal stream energy makes big strides forwards while nuclear costs rise and problems continue

Who's Afraid of Nuclear Power? (Part 2)

30 May, 2008 04:15 pm Part 2 of the video.

Who's Afraid of Nuclear Power? (Part 1)

30 May, 2008 04:15 pm Almost every day seems to bring more horror stories on fossil fuels. We're bombarded with reports about global warming. The price of oil keeps increasing...

Will the Rate-of-Conversion Problem Derail Alternative Energy?

23 May, 2008 02:02 pm Many alternative energy advocates claim that it is possible to replace our fossil fuel economy with one that runs on a combination of nuclear power and...

The Costs of Major Energy Accidents, 1907 to 2007

29 Apr, 2008 12:11 pm Conventional energy technologies-- namely nuclear, coal, oil, gas, and hydroelectric power generators-- may kill more people than you think.

UK Looks to a Nuclear Future

14 Feb, 2008 12:04 pm Britain has given the go ahead for the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations in its search for cleaner,...

Richard Heinberg on a Post-Carbon Future

22 Jan, 2008 10:14 am Ecologist Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Power Down, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything, talks about energy wars,...

The Merger of GDF and SUEZ

15 Jan, 2008 11:54 am In an interview with the European Energy Review, Professor Chevalier discusses the merger between Gaz de France (GDF) and Suez and its economic,...

Will Nuclear Power Stations be Insurable?

11 Jan, 2008 10:42 am The Government has announced its decision on nuclear power, which is SUCH a surprise!

What's Really Wrong With Nuclear Power?

30 Nov, 2007 01:30 pm In terms of its achievable potential, financial and social cost, and even carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear power is not an optimal solution.

"To Believe That Nuclear Power Can Make A Significant Difference Is Really Not Sensible"

6 Jul, 2007 06:14 pm Dr. Frank Barnaby is a specialist on nuclear power and technology. He discusses a report he co-authored, which argues against further investment and development...