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Prediction: Coal has fallen. Nuclear is next then Oil.
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SageBrush
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mspohr
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Not clear what they're spending $11/month on. Presumably solar, wind, batteries but that should make electricity cheaper.
SageBrush
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That was my read too. If the money is needed to bring green electricity to them it might be warranted.
mspohr
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476755760/?tag=slatmaga-20
A shocking exposé from the most powerful insider in nuclear regulation about how the nuclear energy industry endangers our lives—and why Congress does nothing to stop it.
Greg Jaczko never planned things to turn out this way. A Birkenstocks-wearing physics PhD, he had never heard of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) when he came to Washington and—thanks to the determination of a powerful senator—found himself at the agency’s head. He felt like Dorothy invited behind the curtain at Oz.
The problem was that Jaczko wasn’t the kind of leader the NRC had seen before: he had no ties to the nuclear industry, few connections in Washington, and no agenda other than to ensure that nuclear technology was deployed safely. And so he witnessed what outsiders like him were never meant to see, including an agency overpowered by the industry it was meant to regulate and a political system determined to keep it that way. After the shocking nuclear disaster at Fukushima in Japan, and the American nuclear industry’s refusal to make the changes necessary to prevent a catastrophe like that from happening here, Jaczko started saying something aloud that no one else had dared: nuclear power has fatal flaws.
Written in a tone that’s equal parts self-deprecating, puzzled, and passionate, Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator tells the story of a man who got pushed from his high perch for fighting to keep Americans safe. Never before has the chairman of the world’s foremost nuclear regulatory agency challenged the nuclear industry to expose how these companies put us at risk. Because if we (and they) don’t act now, there will be another Fukushima. Only this time, it could happen here.
A shocking exposé from the most powerful insider in nuclear regulation about how the nuclear energy industry endangers our lives—and why Congress does nothing to stop it.
Greg Jaczko never planned things to turn out this way. A Birkenstocks-wearing physics PhD, he had never heard of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) when he came to Washington and—thanks to the determination of a powerful senator—found himself at the agency’s head. He felt like Dorothy invited behind the curtain at Oz.
The problem was that Jaczko wasn’t the kind of leader the NRC had seen before: he had no ties to the nuclear industry, few connections in Washington, and no agenda other than to ensure that nuclear technology was deployed safely. And so he witnessed what outsiders like him were never meant to see, including an agency overpowered by the industry it was meant to regulate and a political system determined to keep it that way. After the shocking nuclear disaster at Fukushima in Japan, and the American nuclear industry’s refusal to make the changes necessary to prevent a catastrophe like that from happening here, Jaczko started saying something aloud that no one else had dared: nuclear power has fatal flaws.
Written in a tone that’s equal parts self-deprecating, puzzled, and passionate, Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator tells the story of a man who got pushed from his high perch for fighting to keep Americans safe. Never before has the chairman of the world’s foremost nuclear regulatory agency challenged the nuclear industry to expose how these companies put us at risk. Because if we (and they) don’t act now, there will be another Fukushima. Only this time, it could happen here.
SageBrush
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^^ I ordered the book -- thanks.
I'm always a bit surprised how common it is to learn that industry has corrupted its purported regulators. Repukes of course invite industry to "self-regulate" and write legislation but the ability of business to worm its way into areas it does belong is impressive.
I'm always a bit surprised how common it is to learn that industry has corrupted its purported regulators. Repukes of course invite industry to "self-regulate" and write legislation but the ability of business to worm its way into areas it does belong is impressive.
mspohr
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Coal company sues Canada because coal no longer profitable.
Fossil fuel era is ending, but the lawsuits are just beginning
Fossil fuel era is ending, but the lawsuits are just beginning
mspohr
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Nuclear power can be green – but at a price
Nuclear power can be green – but at a price
Too expensive and too late to matter
Nuclear power can be green – but at a price
Too expensive and too late to matter
mspohr
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Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy
Germany to close all coal plants by 2038.
Germany to close all coal plants by 2038.
mspohr
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These dumpsters of old nuclear waste are costing taxpayers a fortune - The Boston Globe
Nationally, the US government’s failure to keep its vow to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level waste is proving staggeringly expensive. So far, the government has paid out more than $7 billion in damages for violating its legal pledge to begin hauling away nuclear waste by 1998.
And costs are expected to soar as more of the nation’s aging reactors close permanently: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, for instance, is slated to go offline by June. Eventually, the remaining staff may have the sole job of safeguarding the radioactive detritus.
By the Department of Energy’s own optimistic estimates, the government will be forced to cough up a whopping $28 billion more in taxpayer funds as a result of litigation in coming years.
Nationally, the US government’s failure to keep its vow to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level waste is proving staggeringly expensive. So far, the government has paid out more than $7 billion in damages for violating its legal pledge to begin hauling away nuclear waste by 1998.
And costs are expected to soar as more of the nation’s aging reactors close permanently: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, for instance, is slated to go offline by June. Eventually, the remaining staff may have the sole job of safeguarding the radioactive detritus.
By the Department of Energy’s own optimistic estimates, the government will be forced to cough up a whopping $28 billion more in taxpayer funds as a result of litigation in coming years.
mspohr
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mspohr
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“More than 65 years after the start of the civil use of nuclear power, not a single country can claim that it has the solution to manage the most dangerous radioactive wastes,” Shaun Burnie, a nuclear expert at Greenpeace Germany and coordinator of the report, said in a statement.All that nuclear waste could be protected from background radiation by burying it deep in Wyoming clay, which has been undisturbed for +10k years.
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In particular, storing waste material from nuclear power reactors deep in the ground — the most researched long-term storage technology — “has shown major flaws which exclude it for now as a credible option,” he said.
Currently, there is a global stockpile of around 250,000 tons of highly radioactive spent fuel distributed across 14 countries.
Storage of nuclear waste a 'global crisis' as stockpile reaches 250,000 tons, Greenpeace warns | The Japan Times
SageBrush
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Huh. Now where are the pundits who declared the energiewende a failure ?
SDRick
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As these predictions play themselves out and oil is diminished this video looks at the demand of other natural resources, in particular copper and its' roll in fossil free transportation...
Energy Enters A Hinge Of History
Energy Enters A Hinge Of History
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mspohr
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Jaczko was unusual in that he was an outsider. Didn't go along with the industry lead.
Merrill
Merrill
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Fandango
Fastest growing job category in my state is wind turbine technician. If I were a coal miner, and thought I could get training and employment in wind turbine service, I'd go for it in a heartbeat to get me the hell out of a coal mine.
While I don't care for Budweiser products in general (not my beer preference) I do appreciate, of all the ways they could have chosen to advertise during the Super Bowl, to announce their push toward wind power for brewing vs. any number of inane alternative advertising subjects and approaches I saw during the game.
While I don't care for Budweiser products in general (not my beer preference) I do appreciate, of all the ways they could have chosen to advertise during the Super Bowl, to announce their push toward wind power for brewing vs. any number of inane alternative advertising subjects and approaches I saw during the game.
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