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“New Nuclear Reactors, Same Old Story”
The dominant type of new nuclear power plant, light-water reactors (LWRs), proved unfinanceable in the robust 2005–2008 capital market, despite new U.S. subsidies approaching or…
Lovins’ Response to “The Homely Costs of Energy Conservation”
This piece, by Amory and Judy Lovins, was written in response to an article in The Wall Street Journal about the design, construction, and renovation…
Nuclear Nonsense
Stewart Brand’s book, Whole Earth Discipline, features a chapter claiming that new nuclear power plants are essential and desirable, and that a global nuclear “renaissance”…
Spatial and Temporal Interactions of Solar and Wind Resources in the Next Generation Utility
The “next generation” electric utility must incorporate variable renewable resources, including wind and solar, in much larger quantities than conventionally thought possible. While resource variability…
Triple Safety: Lightweighting Automobiles to Improve Occupant, Highway, and Global Safety
Automobilesʼ negative impact on human health and welfare includes traffic-related deaths and injuries as well as the deaths and injuries caused by automobilesʼ contribution to…
