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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by L J Furman on March 16, 2009
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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by L J Furman on May 27, 2008
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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