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• Amory Lovins vs. Stewart Brand - Part Three (The “Portfolio Myth”)

  The third part of our series that debunks Amory Lovins’ study which criticizes Stewart Brand’s nuclear chapter discusses the need for all emission-free technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The “portfolio myth” On page 82, Brand states that : climate change is so serious a matter, we have to do everything simultaneously to head it off as much as we can . Stewart Brand backs up his statement... Posted Nov 12 2009, 11:45 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: opinion, emissions, climate, Climate Change, stewart brand, co2, warming

• A Word or Two from the President

  Here are the words : "There's no reason why technologically we can't employ nuclear energy in a safe and effective way. Japan does it and France doesn't [sic?] and it doesn't have greenhouse gas emissions, so it would be stupid for us not to do that in a much more effective way." This is from Reuters. We suspect he said “France does it” or Obama might well hear from President... Posted Oct 15 2009, 04:48 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, emissions, obama, Nuclear, climate, obama administration, greenhouse, greenhouse gas

• Cows Doing What They Do: Boehner on Climate Change

  So we understand that issues around cap-and-trade are complex and those trying to wrap their minds around it – we mean legislators – may not have completely coherent positions yet. But climate change, which cap-and-trade means to mitigate, has only two major poles: either humankind is contributing to it or humankind is not contributing to it. Presumably, another perspective might be that there is a... Posted Apr 20 2009, 03:34 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: emissions, methane, cows

• Rep. John Shimkus on Cap-andTrade

  A couple of posts below, we wrote about Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s objections to cap-and-trade and suggested the arguments were not very well thought out yet. As cap-and-trade wends its way forward, we expect there will be a fair number of arguments against it – after all, Europe’s first try at it was an unmitigated mess and if not carefully thought out, it could prove a massive shock to the energy industry... Posted Mar 30 2009, 01:58 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, emissions, cap and trade

• William Tucker Shares His Thoughts on Renewable Mandates

  William Tucker, author of Terrestrial Energy (his latest book "about nuclear energy, global warming and the threat to the environment"), shared his thoughts at the American Spectator about what it means to be renewable as well as what renewable mandates may do to the country . Here are a few nuggets: What is a renewable portfolio? Well, it's what we used to call an "unfunded mandate... Posted Feb 24 2009, 04:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, opinion, emissions

• A Ban Falls: Sweden Refocuses on Nuclear Energy

  Sometimes, you focus your eyes one place while all the action is happening somewhere else. (Where would magicians be without this idea?) In our case, we’ve been patiently waiting for Germany to  overturn their ill-considered nuclear ban while over in Sweden, they’re actually, um, overturning their ill-considered ban : Sweden is a leader on renewable energy but is struggling to develop alternative... Posted Feb 05 2009, 04:18 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Sweden, emissions, ban

• Carbon Reduction and The Dutch Road Froward

  Here’s what the International Energy Agency has to say about carbon reduction ambitions in the Netherlands: The head of the International Energy Agency urged the Dutch government Monday to expand its nuclear power base, but the country's environment minister said that's not in the energy equation for now. Nobuo Tanaka, the IEA executive director, said the Netherlands will find it tough to reach... Posted Feb 03 2009, 04:21 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, emissions, Dutch