Tag: Nuclear Power
Nuclear Energy and Fossil Fuels; M. King Hubbert, 1956
From http://energycrisis.biz/hubbert/
Woods Hole – benign Fukushima radiation plume reached U.S. West Coast, why isn’t EPA measuring for radiation?

Barely detectable levels of Cesium-134 have been detected in the Pacific Ocean within 100 miles of the U.S. West Coast. Despite the so-called radioactive plume having nearly reached the coast, we shouldn’t be afraid (yet) that the Pacific Ocean is being absolutely fried with nuclear radiation from Fukushima. The results…
Coal/Electricity industry crying about government’s war on coal and attacks on electricity

A few days ago we looked at how some in the Oil industry are protecting their position – by feeding us education (propaganda?) saying that fracking is okay. Today, I have found a Coal/Electricity industry CEO, FirstEnergy Corp. President and CEO Anthony Alexander, crying that “electricity is under attack,” that…
Fukushima’s nuclear accident should teach us about nuclear power dangers, if only we’d pay attention

Supposedly nuclear power plants are extremely clean – and certainly they don’t directly produce a “carbon” footprint, in the way that fossil fuels do. However, a few years ago we had Stanford Univ Professor Mark Jacobsen speak at the Electric Auto Association (Silicon Valley Chapter) about a study he wrote…