Author Archives: BF Nagy

English version – French Nuclear scientist turned anti-nuclear voice explains the industry’s history in France

Veteran nuclear scientist explains the history of nuclear plants in France: “Nuclear energy is dangerous, and so are those who deal with it.” https://reporterre.net/Le-nucleaire-est-dangereux-et-ceux-qui-s-en-occupent-tout-autant English version: “Nuclear energy is dangerous, and so are those who deal with it” State ”  undermined from within  “, ”  betrayal  ” of the PS … Bernard Laponche spent almost his entire life fighting against the atom. Pillar of the antinuclear, he

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The time for half measures is over

The time for half measures is over. This week The Royal Society, the UK’s scientific academy, released a report that illustrated how unrealistic is the current technology plan for greening the aviation industry. This is just more of the same. The energy industry, building heating community, the cooling and refrigeration world, and ground transportation have all been going through the

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The last oil war (2)

BF NAGY I’ve spent the best part of my career studying and writing about climate solutions and global economics. I’m not in any way an expert on war, weapons and violence. Just not my thing. But there is no avoiding discussion of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. First and foremost, if reports are to be believed, this invasion is

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The last oil war

It’s the last oil war. The Ukraine invasion is not about NATO expansion or political systems. For more than 30 years countries have been refining hybrid market economy/socialist systems and building prosperous economies, with relatively few wars between sovereign nations. It’s not political, it’s generational -the last gasp from people over 60, clinging desperately and configuring the levers of power,

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NUCLEAR POWER – SUMMARY OF ARNE GUNDERSEN’S OPEN LETTER

Summary of open letter from Arnold Gundersen to Bill Gates Bill Gates is proposing to build a sodium-cooled Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in Wyoming. Nuclear expert Arnold Gundersen has written an open letter detailing why it’s a very bad idea. Below are some highlights. Anything in quotation marks is a direct quote from Gundersen’s letter. The full text of Gundersen’s

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Rather than losing freedom, anti-vaxxers should maybe worry about this

If you are an anti-masker, antivaxxer or similar, you should know that when you get sick and end up in hospital, you just might not get the level of care you’re expecting, and you might die. The people who are dying in hospital these days are mostly unvaccinated Covid-19 patients. After months of battling Covid-19, a wickedly cruel disease, medical

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MICHAEL MANN’S CLIMATE WAR THEME APPLIES TO THIS HEAT PUMP BATTLE

Climate scientist Michael Mann’s book THE NEW CLIMATE WAR chronicles the destruction of our planet, driven by the insatiable greed of shortsighted billionaires and powered by dirty politics and corrupt back room deals. Mann’s climate war theme is only too real for energy consultant Bob Wyman in New York State, and HRAI executive Martin Luymes in the Province of Ontario,

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YES WE CAN HIT 100% RENEWABLES WORLD WIDE SAYS STANFORD PROFESSOR

There are 8 countries in the world that are already at or very near 100% renewables, including Scotland, which reached about 97% in 2020. California is frequently hitting 80% or more, and Germany the world’s fourth biggest economy, generated more than 46% of its power from renewables for the entire year, also in 2020. Professor Mark Jacobson is a renowned

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I NO LONGER WANT TO DISCUSS THE MACrO-ECONOMICS OF OUR CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION.

I no longer want to discuss or write about the macro-economics of our clean energy transition. That ship has sailed. If we keep talking about various macro-economic scenarios, it has two extremely negative effects: 1. It implies that the transition itself is in question, is discretionary, is still at the ‘what if’ scenario stage. It suggests that ROI is more

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TEXAS IS quickly becoming A RENEWABLES & SMART GRID LEADER

The Mueller community in Austin, Texas Some freak weather of the kind becoming common due to climate change occurred recently in the USA. Snow, ice and cold, all the way down to Texas, where the electricity system failed, and most of the publicity was centered. Clean energy was immediately blamed by gas and nuclear lobbyists and the compromised politicians that

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proven solutions

Proven climate solutions: How do we decide what solutions to feature on this site? To ensure you can rely on the information here when planning climate priorities for your family, organization or government, we have undertaken extensive research which includes scientific or high level journalism practices. This has taken the form of not only continuous review of available expert literature,

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7 communication errors environmentalists make

Many people, including environmentalists, forget about our environmental priorities, and make 7 critical communication errors. I’ve been on Twitter, posting around 99% of the time about environmental topics, for many years. I engage with a cross section of people talking about sustainability. The environmental movement often expresses a reverence for fact-based policy, and yet we ourselves, in our social media

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We must sue them

Money is the language they understand. It rules their priorities. Eco-criminals have proven time and again that they have no respect for the other people, animals, natural assets or real property belonging to anyone other than themselves. Completely unconscious on these topics. They’re closest advisors will not even put it on the agenda until it costs money or potentially costs

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Canada: Achieving a Sustainable Future

Canada’s  Federal government has released a report entitled Achieving a Sustainable Future, a wide-ranging plan for building the nation’s economy while decarbonizing the country. It provides a high level of detail on numerous initiatives and programs. It includes inputs from Provinces, groups and individual Canadians, and also integrates other related national plans and international collaborations. Its structure includes measurable goals,

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Carbon tax fairness in Canada

1. Polluters should pay. It’s not fair that some individuals and organizations pollute our world more than others. They may intend to change their ways but the government uses a carbon price to discourage procrastination.   2. On the other hand it may not be fair for the government to apply a big carbon price ‘overnight.’ Instead it is phased in gradually over time, allowing

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Five ways businesses benefit from clean energy

It’s time to advance your business or career by recognizing what is misinformation and what is reality. 1. Operating cost: Save on lighting, cooling, heating, equipment operation, motors, and fleet operation. Lighting upgrades pay for themselves in one year. HVAC and process upgrades pay out in three years. Each electric fleet vehicle going 200,000 miles saves about $100,000. Just modernize existing

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The definitive modern climate change conversation

HOW CAN I MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE? In my day-to-day professional work I write for engineers and architects and government planners and fleet managers. I talk about success stories involving electric vehicle fleets and conversions, energy positive buildings and passive houses, new models for governments, utilities and banks to fund and accommodate the transition to cleaner technology, improvements in storage

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Sharpening our storytelling skills

You can always learn new things and get better. I’ve been a professional writer for a long time and thought I was pretty good at storytelling, but I recently began reading a book released a couple of years ago called The Storyteller’s Secret by Carmine Gallo. Gallo has some impressive credentials, as a storytelling coach to some people who you

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Ontario has a new Minister

I sometimes meet people who are not interested in politics and have few opinions in that area, but more often I meet people who have political opinions. I certainly fall into the latter category, but I truly believe that climate change solutions and priorities should not be a partisan discussion. Because of the way the issue has evolved in the

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I love my bike

BIKES I love my bike. I love the chill morning air as I slip through damp city streets at daybreak. I love flitting through the leafshadows on the lakefront bike path, miles from home on a breezy-haired warm summer evening with an utterly unplanned plan. I love the quiet among the grasses; the honking and colour in the city. I

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BP & Shell have bought electric car charging companies

I’m tempted to laugh. I’m tempted to wonder cynically if they’re just appeasing progressive shareholders, or will they try to buy all the electric car charging companies and close them. But none of that is possible anymore. In fact it’s their own analysts who are predicting the massive transportation disruption. A Bloomberg article reports that BP Plc says electric vehicle

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Climate Reality Project

I’m always amazed by the amount of talent in the room when I meet with my friends in the Climate Reality group, in this case, in Toronto (organized by Matthew Chapman). We had some fun, talked about projects, played billiards and ate some awesome food at The Rivoli, a long-time favourite place on Queen West. We all deliver the famous

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