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Deaths from Nuclear Energy Compared with Other Causes
My first reaction to the aerial photos of Fukushima power plant site was: why did they put the auxiliary transformers, that provide power to the plant, and the emergency diesel-generators, that provide power to the auxiliary transformers, on the...
Is the EPA Overstating the Mileage of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles?
The purpose of this article is to provide some clarification, as there appears to be some confusion regarding the EPA MPG equivalents for plug-in hybrids and EVs. People, especially energy systems analysts, find it not credible to have a Chevy Volt...
CO2 Emissions & Chevy Volt vs Honda Civic EX-L
The purpose of this article it to determine the CO2 emissions of plug-in hybrids and high-mileage gasoline vehicles. The Chevy Volt and the Honda Civic EX-L were chosen for comparison. The CO2 emissions of the Chevy Volt in EV mode are...
Energy From Wind Turbines Actually Less Than Estimated?
The capacity factors and useful service lives of industrial wind turbines are important determinants of levelized wind energy costs. Some recent studies have brought to light the capacity factors are less and useful service lives are shorter than...
Global Warming Targets and Capital Costs of Germany's 'Energiewende'
Each year, since 1997, a meeting is held by the parties to the U.N.’s 1992 Treaty on Climate Change. The first meeting, COP-1, was in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. COP-18 in Doha, Qatar, in 2012, drew at least 10,000 attendees from around the world,...
Global Warming, Coal Combustion and Sea Level Rise
Since about 1960, the Arctic annual average temperature has increased about 2 to 3 C (3.6 to 5.4 F). The world average temperature, WAT, has increased by about 0.7 C (1.3 F) over the same time period. The WAT increase of less than 1 C since about...
Will Ireland's Wind Energy Export Plan Work?
Ireland’s long-term plan is to reduce its dependence on imported gas for producing energy. As wind speeds in Ireland are among the best in Europe, it has built about 2,000 MW (end of March 2012) of wind turbines during the past 10 years to supply...
Wind Energy CO2 Emissions Reductions are Overstated
Governments have passed laws that provide various subsidies to promote build-outs of wind and solar power systems to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled energy generators; CO2 is one of many contributors to global warming. If CO2 is so...
On Wind Turbine Noise and Air Pressure Pulses
The von Trapp family came to Vermont, because it reminded them of Austria, where “the hills are alive with the sounds of music”. Those sounds will soon be replaced by the health-damaging infrasound and low frequency noise from the Green Mountain...
Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
People have been concerned about what global warming, GW, may do to their future well-being for at least the past 50 years. Governments and academia responded by performing studies to identify the causes and holding international meetings to get...
Vermont Leaders Back Away from Renewable Energy Goals
Some Vermont renewable energy policies and programs are the result of "constituent service" by ambitious legislators to enable the grabbing of as much federal subsidies as possible by Vermont and out-of-state renewables oligarchies, i.e., vendors,...
Is PV Solar Energy a Success Story in Germany?
German households and businesses are increasingly concerned and upset with the rising cost of electricity as a result of the energy policies pursued by their government. Whereas some people felt good about phasing out nuclear plants, the estimates...
