Tag Archives: climate change

What climate strikers ought to know about our economic system

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

Dear participants of the climate strike and all the other friends of a livable future! First of all, I’d like to thank every single one of you for your work defending a future for all of us. In my eyes, … Continue reading →

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The possible anatomy of coming climate change trials

Posted on October 10, 2018 by

As I write these lines, we have an ever clearer understanding that 1) humanity is hurtling towards a disaster of unimaginable proportions, and 2) the responsibility for this entirely foreseeable disaster rests to a very large extent on a very … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic, inclusive energy discussion works

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

Here’s one data point for the debate about communicating nuclear power: The approval rating of nuclear power in Finland has risen by a whopping seven percentage points in a year. In Pyhäjoki, where the Russian Rosatom is building its highly-contested … Continue reading →

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Why I support almost all measures to reduce CO2 emissions – in one graph

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

(Click here for a larger version of the image. Feel free to re-use as well.) Climate change is not the only environmental problem we’re facing, but it’s the most critical. Many people agree, but as we’ve tried to explain in … Continue reading →

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Two fallacies that explain A LOT about energy discussions

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

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 →

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Minority report – for now? Finnish Green candidates call for nuclear power

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

This is my translation of a statement made by four Finnish Green party (Green League) candidates today, calling for the use of both nuclear power and renewables to combat climate change. It illustrates quite nicely how more and more thoughtful … Continue reading →

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“Environmental NGOs knew the truth about climate change”

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

Note: This text from 2043 has been delivered to me through a curious spacetime anomaly. Hopefully it only represents one possible future, not the future. Multiple self-styled “environmental” organizations issued stark warnings of the catastrophic risks of their energy plans more than … Continue reading →

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Stall warning for renewable energy?

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

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 →

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Climate shouldn’t be used as a political sledgehammer

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

A real problem hindering climate change fight is that for too many, climate change is just another blunt rhetorical instrument with which to hammer in their favored policies. As this article discusses, it would be utterly naive to believe that … Continue reading →

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The gamble gamblers won’t take

Posted on December 4, 2015 by

Anti-nuclear activists say we should bet the fate of the planet on the assumption their energy scenarios are correct and everyone else is wrong. But when pressed in private, even they do not believe themselves. This is the realisation I … Continue reading →

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