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Fluorescents-6 Environmental Impact
Mercury and heavy metals discarded into the waste stream have a strong impact on our ways of live. Here, we consider how discarding fluorescent lights impacts environmental contamination. This post is more heavily documented than our other posts because the … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged CFL, energy, environmental policy, Fluorescent, incandescent, mercury, mercury pollution, rare earths
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ANWR and The Lies of Large Numbers
Arguments have raged over use of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and will so again. Probably sooner rather than later. One side says evidence of a large quantity of oil indicates life in the lower 48 states could be … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged 1002 Area, ANWR, Drain America First, energy, North Slope Oil, NPRA, Oil, Prudhoe Bay, wildlife refuge
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Is there enough Uranium ore to do the job?
In a recent post, Nuclear Decisions-4, we examined whether nuclear power might be able to replace all other forms of power generation. Our answer? No, we will run out of fuel immediately we were to try. That answer assumes … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged coal, energy, fission, General Atomics, HTGR, LEU, Light Water Reactor, nuclear fuel, petroleum, reactor, resource, spent fuel, transmutation, uranium
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