This is the first of a three-article series. The other articles are “Occupy Ottawa update: why they’re using gasoline” and “Occupy Ottawa update II: it’s still possible to run on grid power.” I wonder when Bob Dylan’s classic “The Times They Are a-Changin’” will become the anthem for the Occupy protests that have swept...
Greenhouse gas emissions
An excellent radio interview: a Quaker explains why she now supports nuclear energy
Karen Street, a former electrical engineer and science/math teacher, recently did a lengthy and absolutely engrossing interview with a Wisconsin-based spiritual radio station, on the subject of nuclear energy. Karen used to oppose it, but as you will hear her explain, she discovered, in the course of a 1995 research project, some excellent reasons...
Electric campaign in Ontario: minority legislature arrives at the crossroads
Subway and streetcar riders in Toronto should get familiar with the electricity war in the Ontario legislature. Actually, everybody in the Greater Toronto Area should get familiar with it. The GTA runs on electricity. The war is over electricity prices. Should they be high or low? Some people think they should be high. Such...
Nuclear energy in Ontario: legislative game theory in interesting times
The McGuinty Liberals squeaked into a minority government on October 6, mostly by hanging on to their electoral seats in urban areas—especially in and around Toronto. It was clear that their strategy in the campaign was to focus on these seats. The premier talked up his Green Energy Act incessantly, and the Green Energy...
Climate change and nuclear proliferation: how to fix both
A recent article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discussed the urgent issue of climate change and how mankind can act decisively and coherently to deal with it. The article, entitled “Wedges reaffirmed,” argues that mankind has all the tools it needs to reduce the emissions of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) that are...
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