the intersection of emergency preparedness, public health and environmental policy
Part 6 in a Series that began after Earth Day (1 Fossil Fuels and a Walk on the Moon, 2 Drill Baby Drill or Drill Baby Oops, 3 The Magnitude, 4 One Month After, 5 Like Chernobyl?) Last month I wrote on Popoular Logistics "BP and the government say ... 5,000 barrels per day is [...]
{ 1 comment }
Earlier today one of my friends handed me a copy of some satire published in the New York Post, a tabloid in the tradition of the London rags, on the subject of "Climate-Gate." At about the same time, Roger Saillant, co-author of Vapor Trails, who heads the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at Case Western [...]
{ 2 comments }
Tom Friedman writes that we may be able to harness nuclear fusion in 10 years. Until then we need to use solar and wind, and stop believing that we can clean up coal.
{ 0 comments }
Dig 5 km, hit 200º C. Watch out for earthquakes!Actually, it's a bit more complicated. You dig two holes, each 5 km (3 miles) deep. You lay a pipe in each hole, then pump water down into one hole, and up the other. The water heats up, and can turn a turbine. Geothermalfor heat is old [...]
{ 0 comments }
Hummers: Illogical, Un-Economical, and Bad for The Environment. But They Sure Are Big!Spencer Reiss, writing inWired Magazine says "Nuclear Power is The Most Climate Friendly Insdustrial Scale Form of Energy ". Forgetting for a moment that nuclear power requires fuel, waste management, national security infrastructure, massive government subsidies, including artificial limits to liability, nuclear releases [...]
{ 0 comments }
From the Pump Handle
Stimulating Broadband