Comments on: DOE Hands Out $$$ for Nuclear Research http://gigaom.com/cleantech/doe-hands-out-for-nuclear-research/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: James Aach http://gigaom.com/cleantech/doe-hands-out-for-nuclear-research/#comment-6948 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:20:44 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/08/23/doe-hands-out-for-nuclear-research/#comment-6948 As someone who works in the electric energy sector, one of my major concerns is that pundits, the press, the politicians and the public seem to be far removed from how much electricity we produce and use, and what goes into producing it. It is very, very hard to make the huge amounts of power our civilization seems to expect. Nature’s checkbook is hard to balanace – which is why nuclear is still being discussed. You get a lot of power from it, which factories, skyscrapers and shopping malls seem to like.

When making decisions about our energy future, I think we need to start by first understanding our energy present. So I’ve written an introduction to my own field of expertise – nuclear energy. To avoid reader boredom it’s in the form of a thriller novel, and it’s available at no cost to readers at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com . Reader reviews at the homepage have been very positive. “Rad Decision” is also available in paperback at online retailers. It covers both the good and the bad – there is plenty of both. The real world of nuclear power is much different than what either it’s media proponents or opponents portray.

“I’d like to see Rad Decision widely read.” – Stewart Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog and noted futurist.

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