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Saturday Links

Feb 9, 2013

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1. I love maps and charts. Naturally, I was drawn to this: 36 Maps That Explain The Entire World. Here is just one example: 2. Roger Pielke, Jr., says It's Time to Bury the Easterlin Paradox. "The Easterlin paradox suggest that in terms of human happiness — a squishy concept to be sure — there…
China blazes trail for ‘clean’ nuclear power from thorium

Jan 9, 2013

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mwkruse

in China, Economic Development, Environment, Technology (Energy)

Telegraph: China blazes trail for 'clean' nuclear power from thorium The Chinese are running away with thorium energy, sharpening a global race for the prize of clean, cheap, and safe nuclear power. Good luck to them. They may do us all a favour. … The aim is to break free of the archaic pressurized-water reactors…
Saturday Links

Dec 22, 2012

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(Like the Kruse Kronicle on Facebook if you want links to daily posts to appear in your Facebook feed.) 1. Several articles I saw this week reflect on data presented in The Pew Forum's The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010. Here…
Nuclear industry looks toward smaller reactors

Nov 27, 2012

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mwkruse

in Technology (Energy)

USA Today: Nuclear industry looks toward smaller reactors What energy technology is portable, powerful and prefabricated? Small modular reactors are generating buzz as federal officials co-fund a project that could transform the U.S. nuclear industry. 12:26PM EST November 27. 2012 – A new generation of nuclear reactor is scheduled to launch in the United States…
Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world

Nov 26, 2012

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mwkruse

in Environment, Public Policy, Technology (Energy)

Orange County Register: Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world Gwynn Dyer, an independent journalist, writes: After the loss of 10 million American lives in the Three-Mile Island calamity in 1979, the death of 2 billion in the Chernobyl holocaust in 1986 and, now, the abandonment of all of northern Japan following the death of millions in…
Why Are Environmentalists Taking Anti-Science Positions?

Nov 1, 2012

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Economic Development, Environment, Science, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health)

Environment360: Why Are Environmentalists Taking Anti-Science Positions? On issues ranging from genetically modified crops to nuclear power, environmentalists are increasingly refusing to listen to scientific arguments that challenge standard green positions. This approach risks weakening the environmental movement and empowering climate contrarians. From Rachel Carson's Silent Spring to James Hansen's modern-day tales of climate apocalypse,…
Saturday Links

Oct 27, 2012

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I spend considerable time scanning headlines each week as I look for stories to blog about at the Kruse Kronicle. I clip them into an Evernote Notebook and usually twice a day, I select one or two to link and discuss. Several interesting stories never make it onto the blog. So this week, I’m beginning…
Small modular reactors provide path forward for nuclear power

Oct 23, 2012

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mwkruse

in Environment, Public Policy, Technology (Energy)

The Hill's Congress Blog: Small modular reactors provide path forward for nuclear power … So, what do we do? One path forward for the nuclear industry is through the construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). SMRs are nuclear reactors that are intentionally designed to be less than 300-megawatts, or about one-third of the size of…
New nuclear plants may have withstood the Japan earthquake

Mar 15, 2011

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mwkruse

in Environment, Technology (Energy)

Christian Science Monitor: New nuclear plants may have withstood the Japan earthquake The 9.0 Japan earthquake was dire but the current meltdown might have been avoided by new advances in nuclear plant technology. The latest nuclear reactor designs could help avoid the overheating and explosions that have occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in…
Nuclear power needed now

Nov 12, 2010

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mwkruse

in Environment, Public Policy, Technology (Energy)

Detnews.com: Nuclear power needed now … These nuclear plants will pump out power for economic growth without creating smog or loading the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. The United States already operates the largest fleet of nuclear power plants in the world with 104 reactors producing about 20 percent of our nation's electricity, but there hasn't…