Hot Enough For You?


The Baltimore Sun carries this article today on the predicted effects of climate change on Maryland.  The article describes a report by a group of scientists who have compiled the first comprehensive report on the potential effects of climate change on Maryland.  The report was prepared for the state by a committee of 19 scientists from [...]

Some Nuclear Issues

‘TJH’ has added an excellent comment to my recent post on nuclear energy options and raised some issues which I think need to be explored a bit more.  Basically, he makes three points:

The nuclear waste disposal problem is not being solved,
the cost of new nuclear generation is not competitive with coal without massive government [...]

The Wrong Approach

State Senator Paul Pinsky has introduced legislation that would put into place a ‘cap and trade’ system to limit the amount of greehouse gases emitted by Maryland industry and eventually reduce them by 90%.  The legislation has the support of Governor O’Malley and many others.  Under the proposal the state would use a system [...]