Category Archives: Nukular Stuff

When Il Trumpe’s Narcissism Hurts Foreign Policy

Posted on May 23, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

While I don’t think Il Trumpe’s narcissism accounts for everything–or many things–that is wrong with this administration, every so often it does rear its head in really ugly ways. For instance, our recent North Korean debacle: Moon likely exaggerated this … Continue reading →

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Yes, We Can See Evolution

Posted on April 21, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

So Eduardo Porter wrote an article, in which he dabbled in Compulsive Centrist Disorder, arguing Dirty Fucking Hippies are wrong to oppose nuclear power. For the record, I think coal and natural gas plants should be decommissioned well before nuclear … Continue reading →

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Campbell’s Law Goes Nukular

Posted on January 26, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

“The more any quantitative social indicator (or even some qualitative indicator) is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it … Continue reading →

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Japan Now Has to Create a Third-Best Option for Energy Generation

Posted on March 15, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve described nuclear power as the second-best option. Just to be clear, I don’t like nuclear power, but, in my opinion, decommissioning nuclear power plants should be the last step on the path to renewable energy, not the first. Well, … Continue reading →

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What Is Really Required to Move to a Renewable Energy Future: The Lance Mannion Edition

Posted on April 3, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

This is not going to be easy to fix. Not at all.
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Some Thoughts About the WWF Energy Study, Nuclear Power, and Urbanization

Posted on March 22, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

We need a strong dose of realism here: until we confront how deurbanization has contributed to our energy needs, we won’t substantially tackle the global warming problem.
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Fox News Confuses Potential Nuclear Meltdown with Disco Inferno

Posted on March 15, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Fox News is ‘O’Keefing’ itself.
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A Defense of Nuclear Power As a Second Best Option

Posted on March 14, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

If we’re not serious about energy consumption, what other choice do we have?
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More on Thorium-Based Nuclear Power

Posted on September 9, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

I think thorium power will be harder to do than Evans-Pritchard claims. But, in the face of global warming, we don’t really have a choice.
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Is Thorium an Answer to Global Warming?

Posted on January 26, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

this could put a serious dent in our carbon dioxide emissions. And the U.S. has a 1,000 year supply of thorium.
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