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The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan raised new concerns about the risk of another nuclear reactor disaster. The explosion of the FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT gives our citizens cause to re-examine the risk assumed by the public. At this writing, the full extent of the damage to the plant, the community, and the environment is unknown - it will take years.
At the same time concerns over the high risks associated with extracting natural gas and as noted in a Financial Times article is "energy that comes from the same place as our drinking water. Extracting it had better be safe. The political fault lines over hydraulic fracturing (hence the term fracking) have been easy to predict for anyone paying attention to the controversies over climate change and genetically modified organisms. France’s national assembly voted to ban fracking while in the US its been full steam ahead in 32 states. These are high risk alternative energy sources.
Curated by mokiethecat
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte |
| Alexander Van de Putte, Senior Director and Operating Officer at PFC
Energy International and a member of PFC Energy's Executive Committee
discusses how givens and wildcards can affect our future global energy
needs. He discusses how Givens, which are defined as: low uncertainty
with high impact events, such as climate change, demographics and
hydrocarbon supply will impact our ability to produce energy. Wildcards
are defined as events which are low probability, huge impact, and must
be seen to be logical and explainable. The two Wildcards he proposes
are the BRINKS (Brazil, Russia, Iraq, Nigeria and Kazakhstan) and
nuclear energy. EarthSayer Alexaner Van de Putte |
Climate Change and Nuclear Energy by Anthony Giddens
Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS 2009
Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
The Perils of Fracking by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
GasLand by Josh Fox
Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
Peak Oil and Resource Wars by Daniele Ganser
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference
Conditional Use? Fracking Frontline by Barbara Arrindell
Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig
My Water's On Fire Tonight
Gas Drilling (2006) : Stories From the Front Line
The Last Mountain
No Fracking in Colorado by Misha Luzov
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