Archive for April, 2005
Did Stewart Brand start a cascade?
13 April 2005It’s beginning to appear as though Stewart Brand and the related discussion going on around the Internet could be a trigger event for a preference cascade. Now that a well known and respected figure with undeniable credentials in the environmental world has come out in favor of nuclear energy, it may now be respectable for [...]
Hydrogen fuel cell TV cameras
12 April 2005Jadoo Power Systems has developed fuel cells for professional TV cameras. When the cost of a missed shot is high, reliable long term power is imperative.
Jadoo’s NAB II system–which consists of a recharger and filling unit, two four-inch gas canisters, and a fuel cell that converts hydrogen to energy and attaches to the camera–costs [...]
GM’s hydrogen future
12 April 2005General Motors is gambling on hydrogen like no other U.S. auto company. GM has already spent $1 billion on developing hydrogen fuel cells and has made statements that if a car were built in high volume, they could have a cost competitive vehicle by 2010. That is well ahead of what most think is even [...]
The nuclear hydrogen economy
11 April 2005Since Stewart Brand’s positive comments about nuclear energy began making the rounds, I began looking for other discussions in this area. I found many with a surprising degree of acceptance of nuclear power coming from the environmental camp. This is not what I expected. Nuclear energy has long been off the table as far as [...]
Stewart Brand and nuclear power
8 April 2005Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog has written an excellent article for the May 2005 issue of Technology Review. He predicts that mainstream environmental thought will change on four issues, population growth, urbanization, genetically engineered organisms, and nuclear power. The last one, nuclear power, is extremely important and if the environmental movement embraces [...]
