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What climate strikers ought to know about our economic system
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
Posted in Economy and the Environment, Politics
Tagged climate change, climate strike, Environment
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The possible anatomy of coming climate change trials
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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Tagged climate change, climate policy, ecocide
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Pragmatic, inclusive energy discussion works
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
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged climate change, Finland, Nuclear, Renewables, rhetoric
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Why I support almost all measures to reduce CO2 emissions – in one graph
(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
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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Minority report – for now? Finnish Green candidates call for nuclear power
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
Posted in Ecomodernism, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged climate change, Finland, Green party, Nuclear, Politics, Renewables
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“Environmental NGOs knew the truth about climate change”
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
Posted in Energy, What they aren't telling you about nuclear power
Tagged climate change, Environment, Greenpeace, WWF
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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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Climate shouldn’t be used as a political sledgehammer
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
The gamble gamblers won’t take
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
