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8 connected korrents · 9 moments on record from 11 Jul 2006 to 1 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about energy and nuclear power.

Everything filed under solar solar Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin. The hard-headed realists who wroteAmerica's 2001 energy policyexpected renewables to stay trivial,and were wrong by an enormousmargin. PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2025-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it Europe cannot meet its energyneeds from renewables aloneand will need nuclear power,solar power from deserts… DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear is empirically thesafest form of energy -- safereven than solar, once youcount the people who fall off… IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing outputcannot meaningfully risewithout first building largeamounts of new electricity… MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is dangerous, but not uniquely so among energy sources like coal, oil, and wind. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is dangerous,but not uniquely so amongenergy sources like coal, oil,and wind. DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is politicallyunreliable as an answer toclimate change, because everymajor accident freezes reactor… SP Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is the wrongtechnology for cutting carbon:efficiency and renewables cando the job without it. GM George Monbiot — holds since 2006-07-11 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2011-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power plants, the standard example of software that must be proved correct, do not care about formal verification: thorough testing is enough for them. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power plants, thestandard example of softwarethat must be proved correct,do not care about formal… HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Societies have a pattern of drastically overreacting to a problem after one emotionally vivid incident, as with DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power — tap to centre the map on it Societies have a pattern ofdrastically overreacting to aproblem after one emotionallyvivid incident, as with DDT… TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin. Holds Paul Krugman Read this korrent →