John Spears of the Toronto Star published an interesting piece the other day about the performance of Ontario Power Generation’s Pickering nuclear plant. Its headline reads “Pickering nuclear units among the most expensive, least reliable in the world,” but readers should keep a couple of facts in mind. First, as Scott Luft points out, price...
Electricity
Renewable meltdown: here’s the true logic of renewable energy
In a recent interview, Rod Adams, publisher of the excellent Atomic Insights, discusses nuclear and renewable energy with Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. It’s a bit lengthy, and you will need something that can play iTunes. But it is an excellent example of the logic underpinning the arguments in favour...
A ball of water + a growing ball of carbon dioxide = a ball of acid
If you somehow collected all the water on planet Earth, you’d get a sphere with a radius of around 700 kilometers. Compare that sphere with the rest of the planet, and it doesn’t seem that big; have a look at Fig. 1. Of course, if you were on the Titanic on that infamous night...
Seniors and poor people on fixed incomes to pay mining company power rates in northern Ontario: how the Green Act shakes down in the real world
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. wants to dig chromite, an ingredient in stainless steel, out of northern Ontario. The company wants to make money doing so, otherwise why would it be in business. To run its proposed operation in Ontario, Cliffs needs electricity. To make a profit, the company needs electricity that is cheap and...
Bart’s Comet and the Japan nuclear blackout: how long will mob logic rule?
It has been 437 days since a violent earthquake unleashed a tsunami that devastated Japan’s northeast coast, killing tens of thousands and destroying the homes and livelihood of hundreds of thousands. The country has rebounded admirably, but is far from returning to the life it had prior to March 11 2011. And due to...
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