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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
The Hydrogen Debate
(June 23, 2008) The CBC Radio series, “The Hydrogen Solution,” features a debate between Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin and hydrogen expert David Sanborn Scott. This debate is now available for download online, via podcast. Continue reading
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Behind the costs at Darlington
Critics of the provincial government’s decision to expand the Darlington nuclear station have zeroed in not on safety or environmental concerns but on potential cost overruns.
The original Darlington plant, completed in 1993, was "wildly overbudget," said Lawrence Solomon of the anti-nuclear Energy Probe, citing an original cost estimate of $2.5 billion and comparing it with the final bill of $14.4 billion.
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Skeptics on climate are worth a listen
(June 20, 2008) We’ve done a disservice. I’m talking about the media, in the aggregate, about global warming. Continue reading
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Darlington reactors are not really new
Ontario’s Liberal government will soon announce the construction of new nuclear reactors, likely at the site of the existing reactors at the Darlington A station near Toronto. If history is any judge, the construction of those reactors will not be smooth, and may not happen at all.
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In praise of carbon dioxide
(June 7, 2008) With less heat and less carbon dioxide, the planet could become less hospitable and less green. Continue reading
Selective precaution
(June 3, 2008) How does the third world insure itself against Lieberman-Warner? Continue reading
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Riding the rails means parking the cars
(June 1, 2008) The World Madness Institute’s Transportation Division recently released a report claiming that most North American commuters are huge supporters of public transit — for others, not themselves. Continue reading
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Riding the rails means parking the cars
(June 1, 2008) The World Madness Institute’s Transportation Division recently released a report claiming that most North American commuters are huge supporters of public transit — for others, not themselves. Continue reading
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The Deniers: Our spotless sun
(May 31, 2008) You probably haven’t heard much of Solar Cycle 24, the current cycle that our sun has entered, and I hope you don’t. If Solar Cycle 24 becomes a household term, your lifestyle could be taking a dramatic turn for the worse. Continue reading
Thou shalt not ask awkward questions (review of The Deniers)
(May 30, 2008) “Scepticism and the questioning of orthodoxies must be an integral part of the scientific process.” Continue reading
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