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The Battery Belt: When the Sun Touches the Silk
Nako Dost Muhammad (image on left) had never heard the hum of a fan. Living in a village named Kolahu in Tump, a tehsil in district Kech tucked between dusty hills and near the edge of the Iranian border, Nako’s life has been cloaked in darkness. Since 2016, the electricity connections in their village had […]
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Clean Solar Outshines Filthy Oil
We can have a world that runs on a resource that’s available to everyone everywhere. — Bill McKibben There’s a renaissance of nature powering the world, and it’s happening throughout the planet hidden from public view because it’s everywhere all at once and not in one isolated location easily identified. It’s solar panel installations experiencing […]
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AC/DC
When AC/DC is not about a rock band, it is usually about certain personalities. The post AC/DC first appeared on Dissident Voice.
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Nuclear Energy Everywhere Costs an Arm and a Leg
It crackles like a Geiger counter in a uranium mine: in 2023, Emmanuel Macron announced plans for six additional EPR [European Pressurized Reactor] nuclear power plants. Hang on, no, perhaps fourteen in the long term. In reviving nuclear in the name of the struggle against global warming, the European Union has followed suit. Japan is […]
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COP28’s Unrealistic Tripling of Nuclear Power
UN climate conferences since 1992 have failed to follow thru with results, as CO2 emissions continue higher and higher with every passing year. In fact, post climate conference impact of adopted proposals has become something 0f an inside joke. The most recent conference, COP28, embraced nuclear power as a godsend challenging climate change. “Triple Nuclear […]
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China Railway Completes 453 km/h Train Tests
This week’s News on China. • CATL develops and researches electric batteries in Germany • More support measures for the real estate sector • Clean energy targets achieved 5 years ahead of schedule • China Railway completes 453 km/h train tests
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Spent Matters: The AUKUS Nuclear Waste Problem
When Australia – vassal be thy name – assumed responsibilities for not only throwing money at both US and British shipbuilders, lending up territory and naval facilities for war like a gambling drunk, and essentially asking its officials to commit seppuku for the Imperium, another task was given. While the ditzy and dunderheaded wonders in […]
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