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Category Archives: History of technology
Confidence in 100% RE plans is poorly justified and may be dangerous
The recent publication of an unprecedented critique against the so-called “WWS” 100% renewable energy (RE) scenario has re-ignited the debate about the feasibility of renewable only energy scenarios in the United States and abroad. This is a long-overdue debate the … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, History of technology, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged climate policy, Environment, Nuclear, Renewables
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Two fallacies that explain A LOT about energy discussions
I’ve been following the energy discussions actively for a decade now. Despite some incremental improvements, the debate goes round and round much the same way as it did in 2007: everyone agrees in public that we need to quit fossil … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, History of technology
Tagged climate change, Energy, Essays, Nuclear, Renewables, rhetoric
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Stall warning for renewable energy?
A model that estimated the plateauing of nuclear and hydropower to within 20 percent of reality suggests that absent a technological breakthrough, the growth of new renewable energy – that is, wind and solar – will saturate and end when these new … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, History of technology
Tagged climate change, climate policy, Energy transitions, Renewables, S-curve
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Atomic mail rockets, and how monocausal predictions are particularly dangerous
The new, shining age of information delivery was briefly at hand on June 8th, 1959. A Regulus cruise missile – designed for delivering a nuclear warhead to a Soviet city or port – landed neatly at the naval base at … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, History of technology, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged Forecasting, Future, Innovation, Predictions, Rocket mail, Space Age
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Energy transitions: is everything different this time?
The debate about whether transition to low-carbon energy would be faster or slower than previous energy transitions somewhat misses the point. The real problem is whether this time everything is different and whether the low-carbon energy revolution will be complete … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, History of technology
Tagged Energy, Energy transitions, History of technology, Nuclear, Renewables
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Songs from the Hungerland: reflections on Ecomodernism, history, and Nature
Songs from the Hungerland in response to 21.10.15 The Guardian opinion piece: The Brave New World of Ecomodernism During spring and summer 2014, I spent many nights under the Finnish sky. Early the next morning where the picture above was taken, I … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Economy and the Environment, Energy, History of technology
Tagged Ecomodernism, Energy, Environment, Essays, Finland
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Space system “Shuttle,” part of USA’s nuclear attack arsenal?
The story of a white elephant colloquially known as the Space Shuttle is familiar to most students of the history of technology. The shuttle was originally touted as a cheap way to access space: being mostly reusable, it would … Continue reading
Posted in History of technology, Nuclear energy & weapons, SETI, Aliens & Space
Tagged Buran, Cold War, Nuclear weapons, Soviet Union, Space, Space Shuttle, USA
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