The biggest clean-energy news in nearly seven years broke late yesterday, when Bruce Power announced it is making steam again at Unit 2. The heat to make Unit 2′s steam comes from a 750-megawatt CANDU reactor. This machine “burns” tiny amounts of natural uranium fuel, and is one of the most efficient ways on...
Climate change
Battle of the nuclear ads: Brook vs. NEI
Barry Brook of Brave New Climate recently did a nice edgy YouTube ad in favour of nuclear energy: And recently, the Nuclear Energy Institute, a U.S. industry lobby group, rolled out this tv ad: Which one do you like better? Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin...
Nuclear progress in Canada: like the western pipelines, it’s all about real property rights
If your energy strategy involves somebody else’s real property, don’t be surprised if that somebody’s legal property rights trump your energy strategy. CBC Radio’s The Current recently published a very interesting interview with the Canadian federal natural resources minister, who during the interview gives a pretty well-explained account of the government’s support of the...
Extreme heat, electrical load, and political instability: the connection and the solution
Canada and the U.S. suffered through record extreme weather in 2011. Severe heat was the hallmark of the year, both in direct and thermodynamic terms (I’ll explain in a second). Canada endured record heat waves, blizzards, hurricanes, and floods. Arctic ice melted to its second-lowest-ever level; its lowest-ever level was recorded only four years...
An atomic gift to keep Santa dry at the North Pole: what’s on MY wish list of giveable gifts?
A PR rep working for the David Suzuki Foundation contacted me today about an awareness and fund-raising campaign premised on the melting of the North Pole because of climate change. Under this premise, Santa Claus has to relocate. Where will he move to? I was directed to the fund-raising website, called “Where will Santa...
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