Well I hope everyone had a good Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/Holiday Season/Time off Work/Overtime shift or anything else I might have missed. Today we are back on the train of how to undo the damage done to our environment by hundreds of years of bad kids getting coal in their stockings for Christmas. First the bad news. Just... Continue Reading →
Reasons for Nuclear Series #1: First Principles
I've covered more than a few items on this blog about basic education and understanding of nuclear power. Today though I'm going to switch gears and talk about one reason I think nuclear energy is the way we need to go forward into the future. Something aspirational rather than merely educational if you will. So... Continue Reading →
That Darn CO2
Okay, so we all know about CO2. And most people generally accept that we should reduce the amount of it that we dump into the atmosphere. But how can you know how much CO2 your country/province/state/tiny island is emitting into the world? Luckily for you, there is a handy dandy site just for this very... Continue Reading →
Energy and Civilization series: More than just Electricity II, The Electric Boogaloo
So I feel I need to add a bit of an addendum to my last post. I stated that there wasn't really a very efficient or effective way to reach the very high temperatures that industrial processes like making cement require (1400C and above) but then I remembered that I'm a fool and missed the... Continue Reading →
Energy and Civilization Series: More than just Electricity.
Electricity runs pretty much everything in modern society. Our phones, our lights, our computers, our refrigerators... It is the cornerstone of modern society and will continue to play a very large role in how civilization continues to prosper throughout the foreseeable future. But it's not alone in providing us with the foundations of how we... Continue Reading →

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