Will Wartime Mobilisation Address Peak Oil?
I frequently hear it suggested that we need a wartime mobilisation to address the challenges we face. The most recent being in the syn...

Energy Transitions Past and Future
This is a guest post from Cutler Cleveland. It provides an excellent big picture overview of what variables we need to consider as we t...

Utility Chief Executive Officer speaks in favor of nuclear growth
Thomas F. Farrell II, CEO of Dominion, appeared on CNBC plugging nuclear energy specifically, as part of the mix to alleviate our energ...

DrumBeat: July 1, 2008
Peak Oil: IEA Inches Toward the Pessimists CampBut the juiciest nugget? The conservative IEA appears to be inching ever-closer to th...

A Primer on Nuclear Safety: 1.4 Complexity
1.4 ComplexityIf reactors are able to operate in unsafe conditions, there is an open invitation for an accident to happen. Light wat...

Crude continues rally as IEA forecasts increased demand
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $2.02 to trade at $142.02 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent cr...

AngloGold sells Nufcor stake
AngloGold Ashanti sells out of uranium trading business Nufcor, as does South African banking group FirstRand. Constellation Energy is ...

Energy Independence Is a Military, Not Economic, Concept
Forget everything you ve ever heard or thought of energy independence as an economic concept. As long as oil can be easily transporte...

Waiting Too Long to Make a Mistake
A few bits of news show the nuclear renaissance colliding with the problems besetting the world these days and demonstrating its va...