Chris Kenny 12:00AMJanuary 18, 2025797 Comments Microsoft has entered into a billion-dollar deal to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. Picture: AFP For three weeks over Christmas and New Year’s I enjoyed a family holiday in New York City, Washington DC and other parts of the US east coast around NewContinue reading “Stuck on a horse-drawn buggy as world speeds past”
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Cold, hard energy lessons for Australia in UK’s grim winter’s tale
Nick Cater The Australian January 13, 2025 Britain’s last coal-fired power station closed at the end of September, throwing households to the mercy of the weather. Turbines and cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire are about to be demolished to make way for a zero-carbon technology and energy hub. Sadly, Britain’s green activists have noContinue reading “Cold, hard energy lessons for Australia in UK’s grim winter’s tale”
Anti-nuclear Bowen is stuck in a fantasy world of his own
Judith Sloan The Australian December 17, 2024 Picture the scene. It’s a “town and gown” event being held at the University of Chicago. An entrepreneurial businessman approaches a well-known economics professor. He outlines his business proposition, describing the market, the potential demand, the technical requirements, the costs. The professor’s response is simple: if it’s suchContinue reading “Anti-nuclear Bowen is stuck in a fantasy world of his own”
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