What Nuclear-Free Japan Means For UsBusiness InsiderAs the Fukushima Daiichi disaster showed, the country’s vulnerability to earthquakes and tsunamis poses a serious danger. Just last month, the nation’s nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, revealed that a nuclear power plant in …See all stories on this topic »
New Propulsion System cuts Fuel Consumption of Cargo Ships by 75% Posted: 03 May 2012 10:39 AM PDT I recently wrote an article about a hybrid propulsion system for cargo ships which used giant sails along with traditional diesel engines. International transport via shipping is very popular, and also very polluting. The hybrid design, using Continue Reading →
Last Japanese reactor in outage 04 May 2012 Japan will find itself without nuclear power for the first time since 1970 as the last of its currently operating nuclear reactors prepares to go offline. Hokkaido Electric’s Tomari plant (Image: Mugu-shisai) Hokkaido Electric’s Tomari 3 will shut down for a scheduled periodic inspection outage on 5 Continue Reading →
Greenpeace paraglider ‘bombs’ French nuclear reactor in mock terror attackDaily MailThe incident has sparked concerns that activists could be planning a similar stunt in the US. Edwin Lyman, a nuclear terrorism specialist, believes a danger does exist following a decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to exclude the possibility …See all stories on this topic Continue Reading →
India’s Traditional Power Sources on Razor Edge of Supply Posted: 02 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT The biggest economic story of the 21st century has been the dramatic emergence in the last decade of the “BRICs” – Brazil, Russia, India and China.Their dramatic emergence onto the world’s global economic stage has produced a middle class Continue Reading →
The Peak Oil Crisis: ImplicationsFalls Church News PressBy Tom Whipple Last week we talked about the possibility that researchers have found a second and potentially useful and inexpensive way of converting hydrogen into helium accompanied by a release of significant quantities of energy.See all stories on this topic »