Category Archives: Nuclear Energy

The Inflation Reduction Act Plan for Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Another Science Magazine Breakthrough was the US passage of the Inflation Reduction act, which contains $369 billion over ten years for lowering US greenhouse gases.  One goal of the IRA is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 … Continue reading

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Recent Progress With Fusion Reactor Tests, and “Quantum Fusion”

Recent Progress With Fusion Reactor Tests These last five articles are on my blog:  sites.Uci.edu/energyobserver This is a short part of an OLLI UC Irvine lecture on Science Breakthroughs of 2021, shared with Astronomer Bob Wilson of NASA. Quantum Fusion … Continue reading

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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence

The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence I have retreated from further commenting on the Ukraine genocide because of the sadness of what is going on and the feeling and reality of helplessness to stop … Continue reading

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War, Inhumanity, and War Crimes are a Plague That Easily Spreads

War, Inhumanity, and War Crimes are a Plague That Easily Spreads The US did not get involved in the 1940 German invasions in Europe until Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.  President Roosevelt wanted us to get more involved other … Continue reading

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Nuclear Dangers of Putin’s Horrible War in Ukraine

Reflections on Putin’s Horrible War in Ukraine It is unimaginable that we are having another brutal, inhumane, and now doubly nuclear dangerous war in Europe.  It is providing much thought and reflection around the world, about how to stop dictators, … Continue reading

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Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Terrible for Oil Companies

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic has been Terrible for Oil Companies While Trump was blasting Biden for saying that the US would be using less oil, that will be a very long range adoption of Electric cars, which are only selling … Continue reading

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Trump: The Unmanageable Virus Vector in Chief

Trump:  the unmanageable virus Vector in Chief. Trump backs off on deporting international college and University students without in-person classes.  Since this was enforced with no justification, it would have been blocked anyway. The White House has been unfairly criticizing … Continue reading

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