Entries Tagged as 'Alternative Energy'
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL1475395820080414?sp=true
Spain’s recently re-elected Socialist government has pledged to phase out the country’s eight nuclear plants and step up electricity generation from renewable energy sources.Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November, the nuclear watchdog said on Monday. By Martin Roberts
MADRID (Reuters) - Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November, the nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said it had…
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Tags: Radiation · Pollution · Alternative Energy · Nuclear Energy
Source: http://www.wind.appstate.edu/windpower/myths.php
Myth #1: Wind turbines are unusually harmful to birds.
Although birds do infrequently collide with turbines, wind energy poses less of a threat to birds than many other commonplace structures. In fact, the National Audubon Society has stated that it supports the development and use of wind power. Based on numerous studies that have taken place in New York, Oregon, Vermont, Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, and California, collision with turbines result in 1-2 bird deaths or less per turbine per year. For comparison, each year at least 60 million birds die in collisions with vehicles; at least 98 million in collisions…
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Tags: Alternative Energy
September 10th, 2007 · No Comments
A recent invention in solar power by Professor Vivian Alberts at the University of Johannesburg, which uses a micro-thin metallic film, has made solar electricity five times less expensive than solar photovoltaic cells.
For the first time, solar electricity is economically feasible and cheaper than coal.
The technology resulted from over 10 years of research, led by Professor Vivian Alberts of the University of Johannesburg. He and his team seem to have developed a flexible, thin, metal alloy that is “photo-responsive.”
This alloy is said to result in panels with are only 5 micron thick — compared to a human hair at 20 micrometers,…
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Tags: Alternative Energy
September 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Four claims from a pro-nuker
The four claims are:
1) “Solar cells require ten times more energy to create than they will ever produce.”
2) “Wind will require a massive windmill in every yard to replace the power used by the related household.”
3) “Reactor pools of spent rods are not cooled.”
4) “I would gladly accept a spent fuel rod, to be placed in my yard, for a small yearly stipend. And so would anyone else who knows and cares.”
Responses:
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1) “Solar cells require ten times more energy to create than they will ever produce.”
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This…
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Tags: Alternative Energy · Nuclear Energy
September 10th, 2007 · No Comments
A Warming World: No to Nukes
The Los Angeles Times | Editorial
Monday 23 July 2007
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072407O.shtml
It’s tempting to turn to nuclear plants to combat climate change, but alternatives are safer and cheaper.
Japan sees nuclear power as a solution to global warming, but it’s paying a price. Last week, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused dozens of problems at the world’s biggest nuclear plant, leading to releases of radioactive elements into the air and ocean and an indefinite shutdown. Government and company officials initially downplayed the incident and stuck to the official line that the country’s nuclear plants are earthquake-proof,…
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Tags: Climate Change · Nuclear Waste · Alternative Energy · Uranium · Nuclear Energy
