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• Is Natural Gas A Bridge To A Utopia Driven By The Wind And Sun, Or Is It A Pier That Cannot Go More Than Halfway

  A very common theme in works or speeches by Joe Romm, Amory Lovins, T. Boone Pickens, and Tim Wirth (and a whole chorus of other like minded people) is that natural gas, which is mostly methane (CH4), is a bridge to a utopia that can be powered by natural flows from the sun and wind. The problem with that view is that burning methane inherently produces a large volume of waste products that include... Posted Dec 15 2009, 04:55 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: natural gas, CO2, nuclear, wind energy, solar energy, renewables, methane

• Nuclear - The CO2-Emissions-Solution-That-Must-Not-Be-Named At The Clean Energy Summit

  I have finally worked my way through nearly 3 hours of the town hall meeting at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 held on August 10, 2009 in Las Vegas Nevada. The panel included John Podesta , President and CEO of Center for American Progress, Al Gore, Harry Reid, T. Boone Pickens and Cathy Zoi , Assistant Secretary of Energy For Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. According to Tyler Suiters... Posted Aug 12 2009, 05:24 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, CO2, nuclear blog, reid, gore

• Graph of CO2 emissions for various energy sources

  While reading a report titled Strategic Research Agenda published by a European organization called the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform, I found a graph that I plan to use in many online debates. At the risk of incurring a take down notice, I will publish that graph here for ready reference. Read More... Posted Feb 11 2009, 03:27 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: report, CO2, study