Does solar generate more waste than nuclear? No. June 18, 2015
Posted by Maury Markowitz in nuclear, solar.Tags: bolognium, nuclear power, solar power
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There can be only one!
As I noted in an earlier post, one of the things you often come across in the energy blogging world is that supporters of one technology attack others.
This example takes the cake. It’s a somewhat old article (archived here) that claims to demonstrate that solar power generates more waste than nuclear.
Update: a reader pointed out a rather obvious error, and when I checked against my original calculations I found a whole section was missing. Both fixed.
Biofuel vs. PV – stop drinkin’ the ethanol! June 13, 2015
Posted by Maury Markowitz in balonium.Tags: electric cars, solar power
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MacKay’s biofuel graphic
David MacKay has made a name for himself as the green energy “reality man”, bringing what he suggests is a dose of reality to the new energy discussion.
For instance, in a recent TED Talk he suggested that biofuels are a hopeless alternative for transport. He uses a simple calculation to show you’d need a strip of land 8 kilometres wide beside the road to fuel the cars running on that road.
But we already knew biofuels are a bad solution. What happens when you consider a good solution? (more…)
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