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Copenhagen, Climate Change, China, and Dessert

by L J Furman on December 16, 2009

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 [...]

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Nuclear Fusion in 10 or 20 Years

by L J Furman on March 16, 2009

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.

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Deep Geothermal

by L J Furman on May 30, 2008

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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