Category Archives: Energy

Sunday hodgepodge II

Posted on April 16, 2006 by Thanos

While the West is debating building nuclear power plants, China is building, Turkey is building, Iran is building, Russia is building, India is building, and both Australia and Finland are ramping up Uranium mining. Meanwhile, other countries like Brazil are … Continue reading →

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The energy future — burning water

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Thanos

“The Future’s going to happen.” — The Future and its Enemies, Virginia Postrel In the last article I defined the problem, and will summarize it again below: Like it or not we are a high energy society — any city … Continue reading →

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New Nukes NOW!

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Thanos

I was going to write a long, gentle, series of articles on why the US is going to have to build a lot of nuclear power plants soon whether we really want to or not. That is where the energy series will … Continue reading →

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Sunday Hodgepodge

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Thanos

An assortment of things this Sunday: Today is Iraq Freedom Day, the third anniversary of the fall of Saddam. Things are getting better in Iraq, but the media isn’t presenting that, so a few efforts are underway to help them … Continue reading →

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Energy ?! What, me worry?

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Thanos

This is the first of several articles on the subject of energy, what the future looks like, and most of all about our responsibilities. Unlike most folks looking at the problem I am not going to assume that we are … Continue reading →

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