Market Meltdown: Nuclear is an Expensive Way to Reduce Emissions
Senior Editor, William Robertson
April 14, 2017
Filed under Opinion
In the early 1950s, many energy experts envisaged a “nuclear age”-- a world harnessing the power of the atom to provide cheap, clean energy for everyone. Nuclear energy never climbed above 10% of global energy generation. As America struggles to find a new landscape for energy production, the old...
To Stop Climate Change, Drill Baby Drill
William Robertson, Senior Editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Opinion
In 1990, the US’ total CO2E (CO2 equivalent) output was roughly 5 gigatons per year. Emissions rose steadily over almost 2 decades, peaking at 6 gigatons around 2008. Since then, US emissions have fallen to 5.6 gigatons. At first this was likely due to the global economic downturn in 2008-09. Indeed,...
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