Maand: november 2014

  • How much energy will a Fossil Free society need?

    Interesting discussions I have these days. Where climate change deniers usually just ignore the question of energy security (Big Oil will deliver) pro-nuclear folks acknowledge the climate issue and the scale of the needed transformation. That makes them good discussion partners. Pro-Nuclear points out that if every kWH of energy used today needs to come…

  • Klokkie

    Liep vandaag tegen een mooie persoonlijke blog aan over een geërfde ring. Omdat ik zelf vorige week het horloge van mijn pa erfde raakte dat stuk me, en wil hier nu graag het verhaal van mijn nieuwe klokkie vertellen. Eerst maar eens wat over mijn pa vertellen. Gerard Boelen was projectleider bij de Hollandse Beton…

  • An inconvenient truth about solar panels?

    Yesterday I came across this article, pointing to the ugly downside of solar energy: to create the panels you apparently need * to burn coal to create electricity to make silicon. * use chemicals to clean the panels that are 24.000 times more heat capturing than CO2 * toxic metals like Cadmium to change the…

  • Non stop renewable that would end the nuclear debate

    The IPCC proved this week that mankind is changing earth’s climate at an alarming rate. Greenhouse gases are the culprit. We need to act really really fast if we want to have a chance of staying within 2 degrees temperature rise compared to pre-industrial times. “Wind power and solar are going to save us” was…

  • Could our world run on nuclear fuel?

    Reposted blog by Luis Baram Introduction : With IPCC’s latest report is has become 100% clear that our Fossil Society is totally unsustainable. It is Force Majeur, we need to act now or else…. I’ve been reluctant to think about the nuclear option, but I think our problems are so dire that we have to…