by cameron | Mar 18, 2011 | energy debate, Podcast, Wikileaks
As I mentioned on episode #22, Rod Adams (@atomicrod) is a self-professed nuclear energy “obsessive” since 1981. He writes at the Atomic Insights blog and has produced the Atomic Show podcast on TPN since 2005. He chatted with me tonight about Fukushima – why the risk to human health is extremely small, how it’s different from Chernobyl, what to do with nuclear waste (see ‘Traveling wave reactor’ below) and his theories on why we’re seeing so much hysteria about it in the mainstream media.
Shownotes:
The nuclear accident underway in Japan does not raise doubts about the safety of nuclear power, and calls to abandon it altogether are just another example of the strange irrationality that surrounds the issue. – Cosmos Magazine
Traveling wave reactor – Wikipedia
IAEA warned Japan over nuclear quake risk: WikiLeaks
Chernobyl health effects
Whatever Happens Next, Lets Think Clearly About Nuclear Risks
Japan worst-case scenario unlikely to cause catastrophic radiation release
BTW, have you seen Stitcher yet? It’s a great iPhone app that STREAMS podcasts – no need to sync with iTunes! Listen to No Illusions on Stitcher here.
by cameron | Mar 16, 2011 | climate change, free will, Podcast, science
Show notes for this episode:
A Different Perspective on Fukushima from Atomic Insights by @atomicrod
Atomtronics, Or Atoms Spun By Laser Beams, Could Replace Electronics
Glenn Greenwald: WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning
The liberal game of silencing the messenger by John Pilger
Ross Garnaut says science on climate change is stronger
As we sleep, speedy brain waves boost our ability to learn
Buddhism and the Brain
Melvyn Bragg & The Philosophers on Free Will
The Feds Poisoned Alcohol during Prohibition and Murdered at Least 10,000 People
by cameron | Mar 15, 2011 | Australian media
Reading Zite on my iPad tonight and saw this headline:
Drilled down into the story to discover the young guy in the photo is actually NOT a victim (or perpetrator) of pedophilia, but is, instead, an Aussie in Japan:
by cameron | Mar 2, 2011 | climate change, Podcast, science
My guest IN THE STUDIO today is John Cook, astrophyscist, web developer, and founder of Skeptical Science, an absolutely brilliant resource for anyone needing to refute the common climate change denialist.
We talk about what motivates climat change denialists (and the difference between being a SKEPTIC and a DENIALIST) and some of the refutations of their most common arguments.
Follow John on Twitter at @skepticscience.