Earth Day, Flawed Designs, and Nuclear Radiation
It is Earth Day and the alarm bells are sounding! We have faced the some of the worst energy related disasters in the last year or so, and there has not been any significant policy changes or visible signs we have started heading in a better direction. With the nuclear disaster in Japan continuing to unfold and spread across the globe, we would expect to see some changes in “business as usual.” The changes thus far are not what one would hope. Despite the earthquake and tsunami causing much of the damage to the nuclear plant, the bigger problem was in the flawed design. The backup power supply was knocked out by the same calamity that knocked out the primary power supply. This means the backup is NOT REALLY A BACKUP! Read the rest of this entry »
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Happy Earth Day, 2009! A growing number of people all around the world are becoming more aware of the affect of their actions on our environment. Earth Day provides us a good opportunity to take responsibility for the preservation of nature, the health of this planet and all who reside within its delicate ecosystem.