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Think nuclear is safe in the USA? Think again.
Thom Hartmann has a great show and personally I find it ironic that it’s only on the Russia Today (RT) network. This segment with Paul Gunter from Beyond Nuclear is excellent. Thanks to this tweet from...
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100% Renewable Energy Information Resources
One hundred percent of the world’s energy can be obtained via renewable energy. There are no technical, financial, space, nor resource barriers. Political will is the only thing preventing a 100%...
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Power Play – Germany : Great Short Film on Energy Revolution [Video]
Journeyman Films has a great short film on the energy revolution happening in Germany. It focuses on two villages, Schönau and Feldheim. One interesting point is that the film translates the German...
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Solar Implications For Pumped Hydro In Japan
Thanks to Wikipedia for this wonderful photo of the Yomikaki pumped hydro power station. Mountainous Japan has enormous pumped hydroelectricity storage potential. In fact, there are numerous pumped...
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How Many People Died From Chernobyl? Probably More Than A Million
Nuclear industry pundits, propagandists, and astroturfers would like you to believe that the health and environmental effects of catastrophes such as Chernobyl are insignificant. Reality is that the...
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The SmartScarecrow Show: Thorium Myths – Renewable Realities
The SmartScarecrow Show is a fun weekly live streaming video show and podcast about alternative energy. I was interviewed today regarding thorium myths and renewable energy realities. The host is a...
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Onsen Power Coming to Japan Much Sooner Than Expected
New cheap and efficient micro binary power generation systems from several manufacturers to also use industrial waste heat. Japanese onsen resorts are hot spring baths which dot the geologically active...
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Japan’s Astonishing Lack of Building Energy Standards
There’s an elephant in the tatami room – Japan has absolutely zero mandatory building energy efficiency standards. This nation’s buildings consume about 40% of all primary energy, and about 70% of all...
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“Yarase” Is Astroturfing Propaganda In Japanese
The Japanese government has begun a series of formal public forums ostensibly to gain consensus on three proposed medium-term energy scenarios. The first two meetings were held last weekend and have...
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Japan Adds 4 Nuclear Reactors Worth Of Renewable Energy
After extremely long delays, Japan’s METI has finally announced that the nation has brought about 4 nuclear reactors* worth of renewable energy online since the introduction of its highly successful...
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Japan Renewables Rapidly Accelerating
Japan renewable energy facilities came online at nearly four times the pace of last year for the first two months of the fiscal year beginning in April 2013. According to the much delayed report...
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Former Prime Minister Calls For Elimination of Nuclear Power In Japan
Popular former Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi has called for the elimination of nuclear power in Japan. More information is available at various news stories including: Japan Daily Press,...
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Nuclear Was One Quarter of Japan’s Power Supply, Not “One Third”
*** UPDATE October 1, 2013 *** A well recognized energy analyst based in Japan and I had a fairly in depth discussion in the comments of this post. Here is a quick summary of my take away on this...
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Japan Adds Massive Amount of Renewables Thanks to FITs
Japan’s government finally released the June 2013 non-large hydroelectric renewable energy capacity numbers last night. These represent the results of the first year since the implementation of Japan’s...
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Japan Government Hiding Renewable Energy Progress
Japan’s current administration appears to be suppressing the release of official statistics regarding the rapid growth of renewable energy. Prior to January of this year, the relevant ministry released...
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