By JONATHAN TENNENBAUM This is part 2 in a series. Germany now generates over 35% of its yearly electricity consumption from wind and solar sources. Over 30 000 wind turbines have been built, with a total installed capacity...
By Jonathan Tennenbaum This is part 3 in a series. Nuclear energy – which today means nuclear fission – currently supplies 14% of the world’s electricity. At present 450 nuclear power reactors are in operation world-wide, and...
Advanced designs in various development stages promise to remedy the drawbacks of conventional nuclear energy By Jonathan Tennenbaum This is part 4 of a series.  Nuclear energy, in its presently utilized form, has many, many problems. The main...