BraveNewClimate

All BNC posts, in chronological order.

Hyperlinked Title DATE AUTHOR

2008

Welcome to A Brave New Climate 6/08/2008 Barry Brook
Geoengineering – damned if you do, damned if you don’t? 7/08/2008 Barry Brook
Climate Change Q&A Seminar 1: Is the Earth Warming (Discussion Thread) 8/08/2008 Barry Brook
How long will Old King Coal reign? Part I 9/08/2008 Barry Brook
Dr David Evans: born-again ‘alarmist’? 10/08/2008 Barry Brook
Tell us something we don’t know… 10/08/2008 Corey Bradshaw
Australia’s most powerful climate-forcing agent – it’s not coal 11/08/2008 Barry Brook
CCQA1 Presentations Available 12/08/2008 Barry Brook
1/3 CCQA1 Intro and Andrew Watson on climate records 12/08/2008 Barry Brook
Denial vs Good Science Part I 13/08/2008 Barry Brook
3/3 CCQA1 Barry Brook and Andrew Watson field questions on global warming 13/08/2008 Barry Brook
2/3 CCQA1 Barry Brook on how we know the earth is really warming 13/08/2008 Barry Brook
Will global warming cause a mass extinction event? 14/08/2008 Barry Brook
Spot the recycled denial I – Prof WJ Collins 15/08/2008 Barry Brook
Australia can be a clean energy superpower 15/08/2008 Stewart Taggart
Denial vs Good Science Part II 16/08/2008 Barry Brook
Two urgent climate statements – but no impact? 17/08/2008 Barry Brook
The Earth today stands in imminent peril 18/08/2008 Andrew Glikson
Irrationalism on climate change action 19/08/2008 Barry Brook
Spot the recycled denial II – 60 Minutes crunch time 20/08/2008 Barry Brook
Climate Change Q and A Seminar 2: Friday 22 Aug – natural vs human causes? 20/08/2008 Barry Brook
An iconic wetland at risk from sea level rise 20/08/2008 Barry Brook
The world’s largest fish is… shrinking 21/08/2008 Barry Brook
An unwelcome seachange 23/08/2008 Barry Brook
Dr Jennifer Marohasy ignores the climate science 24/08/2008 Barry Brook
CCQA2 Presentations Available 26/08/2008 Barry Brook
3/3 CCQA2 Questions from the audience regarding climate change causes 26/08/2008 Barry Brook
2/3 CCQA2 Barry Brook on human vs natural climate change 26/08/2008 Barry Brook
1/3 CCQA2 Intro and Bob Hill on natural climate changes 26/08/2008 Barry Brook
Make the switch to GreenPower and make (virtually) no difference to your carbon emissions 26/08/2008 Tim Kelly
A catastrophe in slow motion – sea ice updates 27/08/2008 Barry Brook
Carbon Targets I – Fermi Paradox solved? 28/08/2008 Barry Brook
Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint 29/08/2008 Barry Brook
If you want a laugh… 30/08/2008 Barry Brook
Australia’s soaring carbon emissions put Kyoto out of reach 30/08/2008 Barry Brook
So just who does climate science? 31/08/2008 Barry Brook
Spot the recycled denial III – Prof Ian Plimer 1/09/2008 Barry Brook
A warning from the ghost of climate past 3/09/2008 Andrew Glikson
Twisted – the distorted mathematics of greenhouse denial 4/09/2008 Barry Brook
Climate Change Q and A Seminar 3: Friday 5 Sept – what future climate change scenarios are possible? 4/09/2008 Barry Brook
Carbon targets II – first thoughts on the Garnaut Review emissions trajectories 5/09/2008 Barry Brook
Don’t be swindled 6/09/2008 Barry Brook
CCQA3 Presentations Available 8/09/2008 Barry Brook
3/3 CCQA3 Questions from the audience regarding climate models and projections 8/09/2008 Barry Brook
2/3 CCQA3 Barry Brook on climate models and projections 8/09/2008 Barry Brook
1/3 CCQA3 Intro and Peter Hayman on climate variability and impacts 8/09/2008 Barry Brook
Cartoon guide to global warming denial 8/09/2008 Barry Brook
Spot the recycled denial IV – climate case built on thin foundation 9/09/2008 Barry Brook
Nitrogen, climate change and diet 10/09/2008 Geoff Russell
Spot the recycled denial V – Prof Bob Carter 12/09/2008 Barry Brook
What if the sun got stuck? 14/09/2008 James Hansen
Are voluntary actions meaningful where an emissions cap is introduced? 15/09/2008 Tim Kelly
Target atmospheric CO2 levels, not vague emissions reductions 16/09/2008 Barry Brook
Climate Change Q and A Seminar 4: Friday 19 Sept – Are the impacts of climate change being overstated? 17/09/2008 Barry Brook
Grim scenarios on a 2 to 6 degrees celsius hotter Earth 18/09/2008 Barry Brook
How long will Old King Coal reign? Part II 21/09/2008 Barry Brook
Ethics and climate change 22/09/2008 Barry Brook
Climate change and human health – inequities demand win-win solutions 23/09/2008 Barry Brook
CCQA4 Presentations Available 24/09/2008 Barry Brook
3/3 CCQA4 Questions from the audience regarding the impacts of climate change 24/09/2008 Barry Brook
2/3 CCQA4 Barry Brook on the impacts of climate change 24/09/2008 Barry Brook
1/3 CCQA4 Intro and Corey Bradshaw on marine impacts 24/09/2008 Barry Brook
Paying the climate change piper 24/09/2008 Tony Kevin
Ongoing rise in global carbon emissions and the lazy audience 26/09/2008 Barry Brook
Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report – open thread 30/09/2008 Barry Brook
Climate ripe for transformative change 2/10/2008 Barry Brook
How much warming in the pipeline? Part 1 – CO2-e 6/10/2008 Barry Brook
Climate Change Q and A Seminar 5: Friday 10 Oct – Will it cost the earth to avoid climate change? 8/10/2008 Barry Brook
The global food system and climate change – Part I 9/10/2008 Geoff Russell
Thinking big and fast on renewable energy 13/10/2008 Barry Brook
Two denialist talking points quashed 14/10/2008 Barry Brook
CCQA5 Presentation Available 14/10/2008 Barry Brook
3/4 CCQA5 Barry Brook on the economic costs of climate change 14/10/2008 Barry Brook
2/4 CCQA5 Davide Ross on carbon abatement 14/10/2008 Barry Brook
Devouring the pale blue dot 20/10/2008 Andrew Glikson
Nine policies to drag ourselves out of the climate change mire 22/10/2008 Barrie Pittock
Climate Change Q and A Seminar 6: Friday 24 Oct – The popular media debate on climate change and peak oil 23/10/2008 Barry Brook
Off to China 24/10/2008 Barry Brook
Olduvai theory – crackpot idea or dawning reality? 28/10/2008 Barry Brook
CCQA6 Presentations Available 28/10/2008 Barry Brook
3/3 CCQA6 Questions from the audience regarding peak oil and greenhouse denial vs good science 28/10/2008 Barry Brook
2/3 CCQA6 Barry Brook on greenhouse denial versus good science 28/10/2008 Barry Brook
1/3 CCQA6 Intro and Michael Lardelli on peak oil 28/10/2008 Barry Brook
If attitudes can change on water conservation, then why not renewable energy! 30/10/2008 Barry Brook
The global food system and climate change – Part II 31/10/2008 Geoff Russell
Earth as a magic pudding 2/11/2008 Michael Lardelli
Do most scientists really believe in global warming? 6/11/2008 George Marshall
Response to a wine industry climate change skeptic 11/11/2008 Barry Brook
Interview with Prof Stephen Schneider 14/11/2008 Corey Bradshaw
What Bob Carter and Andrew Bolt fail to grasp 23/11/2008 Barry Brook
Hansen to Obama Pt 1 – the Now or Never plan 24/11/2008 James Hansen
Hansen to Obama Pt II – Carbon tax with 100% dividend 27/11/2008 James Hansen
Hansen to Obama Pt III – Fast nuclear reactors are integral 28/11/2008 James Hansen
Hansen to Obama Pt IV – Where to from here? 2/12/2008 James Hansen
The smokescreen of outdated emissions reduction targets 4/12/2008 Barry Brook
Managing catastrophic climate risk – the six step plan 7/12/2008 Ian Dunlop
Squeezing the marine nutcracker 10/12/2008 Barry Brook
Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) nuclear power – Q and A 13/12/2008 Barry Brook
Time to stop pretending on emissions reduction 16/12/2008 Barry Brook
Beyond peak oil – will black gold turn green? 18/12/2008 Barry Brook
Renewable energy cannot sustain an energy intensive society 21/12/2008 Ted Trainer
Calls of urgency from climate scientists 24/12/2008 Barry Brook
Save a bit here, ship a whole lot there 26/12/2008 Barry Brook
Blame perversity for the worst kind of climate change denial 31/12/2008 Barry Brook

2009
Spot the recycled denial VI – Chris Kenny 1/01/2009 Barry Brook
Cartoon guide to global warming denial II 4/01/2009 Barry Brook
Prescription for the Planet – Part I 6/01/2009 Barry Brook
What we’ve learned about climate change in 2008 8/01/2009 Barry Brook
How to make voluntary carbon offsets a reality 12/01/2009 Tim Kelly
Prescription for the Planet – Part II – Newclear energy and boron-powered vehicles 13/01/2009 Barry Brook
Put all energy cards on the table to fix climate change fully 16/01/2009 Barry Brook
Ranking geo-engineering options for mitigating climate change impacts 19/01/2009 Barry Brook
What will Australia’s renewable energy amendment bill actually deliver? 23/01/2009 Tim Kelly
Prescription for the Planet – Part III – Renewable atoms and plasma-charged waste 25/01/2009 Barry Brook
A sketch plan for a zero-carbon Australia 29/01/2009 Barry Brook
Is there a link between Adelaide’s heatwave and global warming? 3/02/2009 Barry Brook
How hot should it have really been over the last 5 years? 8/02/2009 Barry Brook
Heatwave update and open letter to the PM 10/02/2009 Barry Brook
Integral Fast Reactors for the masses 12/02/2009 Barry Brook
Carbon tax or cap-and-trade? The debate we never had 14/02/2009 Tim Kelly
Global warming strains at species interactions 17/02/2009 Barry Brook
Response to an Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) critique 21/02/2009 Barry Brook
Climate futures 25/02/2009 Barry Brook
Prescription for the Planet – Part IV – Show me the money! 28/02/2009 Barry Brook
Could UHVDC be a “killer app” for solving climate change? 3/03/2009 Stewart Taggart
How much warming in the pipeline? Part II – it’s as tricky as ABC 6/03/2009 Barry Brook
Total energy independence in 12 years 10/03/2009 Barry Brook
Did climate change kill off woolly mammoths and giant wombats? 14/03/2009 Barry Brook
The Solar Fraud 18/03/2009 Barry Brook
Fast Reactor Radio 22/03/2009 Barry Brook
Six degrees of separation 26/03/2009 Barry Brook
Some new climate and energy blogs and resources 28/03/2009 Barry Brook
CPRS vs carbon tax: Senate Inquiry 30/03/2009 Tim Kelly
Mosquito outbreaks rising with the tide 2/04/2009 Barry Brook
Carbon footprint of the Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion 5/04/2009 Barry Brook
Climbing mount improbable 11/04/2009 Barry Brook
The war against science while Rome is burning 16/04/2009 Andrew Glikson
Towards climate geoengineering? 19/04/2009 Andrew Glikson
Ian Plimer – Heaven and Earth 23/04/2009 Barry Brook
More ice, flat temperatures – what does it all mean? 27/04/2009 Barry Brook
Rethinking nuclear power 30/04/2009 Geoff Russell
Admiral visions of a future now past 3/05/2009 Barry Brook
Has Kevin Rudd taken “a significant step forward on climate change”? 6/05/2009 David Spratt
Discussion Thread: Should Gen III nuclear power precede Gen IV in Australia? 7/05/2009 Barry Brook
Australia will break the world’s carbon budget 11/05/2009 Barry Brook
Climate change items in the 2009 Federal Budget 13/05/2009 Barry Brook
Voluntary Actions and the Rudd Government’s changes to its proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction System 15/05/2009 Tim Kelly
Climate Denial Crock 18/05/2009 Barry Brook
Al Gore’s blind spot on nuclear power 22/05/2009 Barry Brook
P4TP chapter 4 – everyone can now read Blees on IFR 25/05/2009 Barry Brook
Another hockey stick fabrication! 30/05/2009 Barry Brook
SA sets a 33% renewables by 2020 target 3/06/2009 Barry Brook
“Spooked” by IFR on TV 4/06/2009 Barry Brook
Memo to Stephen Fielding: It’s not the sun 8/06/2009 Barry Brook
An inconvenient solution 11/06/2009 Barry Brook
Solar Credits – just bad policy! 14/06/2009 Tim Kelly
Steel yourself – a clear role for hydrogen 16/06/2009 Barry Brook
Why is the US ignoring the Integral Fast Reactor? 20/06/2009 Steve Kirsch
Lovelock’s dire vision 23/06/2009 Tim Flannery
Discussion Thread: Is the EIA forecast of 2016 energy prices realistic? 27/06/2009 Barry Brook
Brave new power for the world 1/07/2009 Steve Kirsch
El Niño and sunspots return, sea ice doesn’t 5/07/2009 Barry Brook
Climate update – ongoing decline in South-East Australian rainfall 10/07/2009 Barry Brook
Counterpoint – nuclear power and the low carbon economy 14/07/2009 Barry Brook
We need a real global plan for carbon mitigation 19/07/2009 Barry Brook
Science Show – Nuclear power plants – now safer and cheaper 22/07/2009 Barry Brook
The great climate debate 2009 – Brook vs Plimer 27/07/2009 Barry Brook
Twitter Plimer on ice 31/07/2009 Barry Brook
Power to the People – Nuclear energy in South Australia 4/08/2009 Barry Brook
Does wind power reduce carbon emissions? 8/08/2009 Peter Lang
GreenPower claims and merits – clearing confusion 12/08/2009 Tim Kelly
Wind and carbon emissions – Peter Lang responds 13/08/2009 Peter Lang
Solar power realities – supply-demand, storage and costs 16/08/2009 Peter Lang
Classifying ‘belief systems’ in sustainable energy and climate change 20/08/2009 Gene Preston
Recent nuclear power cost estimates – separating fact from myth 23/08/2009 Barry Brook
Climate crisis update and cash for coal clunkers 27/08/2009 Katherine Wells
Solar thermal questions 31/08/2009 Ted Trainer
Australia’s weird winter 3/09/2009 Blair Trewin
Is Our Future Nuclear? 7/09/2009 Barry Brook
Solar realities and transmission costs – addendum 10/09/2009 Peter Lang
Science Council for Global Initiatives 15/09/2009 Barry Brook
Radiation – facts, fallacies and phobias 19/09/2009 Barry Brook
A necessary interlude 24/09/2009 Barry Brook
Thinking critically about sustainable energy (TCASE) 1: Prologue 27/09/2009 Barry Brook
TCASE 2: Energy primer 29/09/2009 Barry Brook
Q and A responses to climate skeptics’ arguments 2/10/2009 Brett Parris
Remote solar PV vs small nuclear reactor – electricity cost comparison 4/10/2009 Gene Preston
Backstory – Barry Brook on 4th Generation Nuclear Power 7/10/2009 Barry Brook
Germany – crunched by the numbers 9/10/2009 Tom Blees
TCASE 3: The energy demand equation to 2050 11/10/2009 Barry Brook
Life and death on Earth – the Cronus hypothesis 14/10/2009 Corey Bradshaw
The Integral Fast Reactor – Summary for Policy Makers 16/10/2009 Steve Kirsch
TCASE 4: Energy system build rates and material inputs 18/10/2009 Barry Brook
Danish fairy tales – what can we learn? 22/10/2009 Tom Blees
TCASE 5: Ocean power I – Pelamis 25/10/2009 Barry Brook
Crunch Time: Using and abusing Keynes to fight the twin crises of our era 27/10/2009 Tony Kevin
Energy dialogue, Green debate, Blog updates 29/10/2009 Barry Brook
Red Necked Aussie Greenies 31/10/2009 Geoff Russell
Critique of ‘A path to sustainable energy by 2030′ 3/11/2009 Barry Brook
Carbon emissions and nuclear capable countries 6/11/2009 Barry Brook
Fee-and-dividend is superior to cap-and-trade for effective carbon emissions reductions 9/11/2009 Steve Kirsch
Follow Britain’s nuclear lead 10/11/2009 Barry Brook
Two years, three record heat waves in southeastern Australia 14/11/2009 Barry Brook
Forget the quality, it’s the 700 million tonnes which counts 17/11/2009 Geoff Russell
TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants 20/11/2009 Barry Brook
Key concepts for reliable, small-scale low-carbon energy grids 22/11/2009 Gene Preston
Open Thread 1 27/11/2009 Barry Brook
The Nuclear Economy 27/11/2009 Barry Brook
IFR FaD 1 – Context 29/11/2009 Barry Brook
Copenhagen reality check – what’s really coming 1/12/2009 Barry Brook
Clean future in nuclear power 4/12/2009 Barry Brook
TCASE 7: Scaling up Andasol 1 to baseload 6/12/2009 Barry Brook
Mind the gap – distant climates and immediate budgets 10/12/2009 Barry Brook
IFR FaD 2 – fuel use 13/12/2009 Barry Brook
A LFTR deployment plan for Australia 17/12/2009 Alex Goodwin
Temperature of science – never give up 21/12/2009 James Hansen
Unnatural gas 24/12/2009 Tom Blees
Open Thread 2 28/12/2009 Barry Brook
Energy and climate books I read in 2009 31/12/2009 Barry Brook

2010
The most important investment that we aren’t making to mitigate the climate crisis 2/01/2010 Steve Kirsch
Burning the biosphere, boverty blues (Part I) 5/01/2010 Geoff Russell
Emission cuts realities for electricity generation – costs and CO2 emissions 9/01/2010 Peter Lang
From nuclear sceptic to convert 13/01/2010 Haydon Manning
Hypocrisies of the antis 17/01/2010 Marion Brook
Real holes in science 22/01/2010 Barry Brook
Nuclear safeguards and Australian uranium export policy 25/01/2010 Jim Green
Tom Blees in Australia 28/01/2010 Barry Brook
Alternative to Carbon Pricing 31/01/2010 Peter Lang
Burning the biosphere, boverty blues (Part II) 4/02/2010 Geoff Russell
Monckton vs Brook debate – the video 8/02/2010 Barry Brook
Human consequences of climate change – is private property the solution or part of the problem? 12/02/2010 Paul Babie
IFR FaD 3 – the LWR versus IFR fuel cycle 16/02/2010 Barry Brook
IFR FaD context – the need for U.S. implementation of the IFR 18/02/2010 Barry Brook
Do climate sceptics and anti-nukes matter? or: How I learned to stop worrying and love energy economics 21/02/2010 Barry Brook
After Copenhagen – James Hansen in Adelaide 22/02/2010 Barry Brook
Would 10,000 nuclear power stations cook the planet? 26/02/2010 Barry Brook
Cheap, green nuclear power? 1/03/2010 John Rolls
Climate debate missing the point 3/03/2010 Barry Brook
Open Thread 3 5/03/2010 Barry Brook
TCASE 8: Estimating EROEI from LCA 8/03/2010 Barry Brook
Hansen: Climate and Energy Leadership 11/03/2010 James Hansen
How to get rid of existing coal? 15/03/2010 Barry Brook
Britain’s energy future – political and technical considerations 19/03/2010 Douglas Wise
The problem with ‘Generating the Future: UK energy systems fit for 2050′ 22/03/2010 Barry Brook
The gentle art of interrogation 25/03/2010 Barry Brook
Globally warned – review of Hamilton and Hansen 28/03/2010 Tony Kevin
Nuclear century outlook – crystal ball gazing by the WNA 1/04/2010 Barry Brook
Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system 5/04/2010 Peter Lang
TCASE 9: Ocean power II – CETO 11/04/2010 Barry Brook
Analysis of the 2010 Nuclear Summit and the obsession with highly enriched uranium 15/04/2010 DV82XL
Prospects for coordinated global action on climate change 18/04/2010 Barry Brook
IFR FaD 4 – a lifetime of energy in the palm of your hand 22/04/2010 Barry Brook
Santos chief’s gassy vision Part 1 – Australian natgas reserves 25/04/2010 Barry Brook
Santos chief’s gassy vision Part 2 – is gas almost as good as nuclear? 28/04/2010 Barry Brook
Why vs Why: Nuclear Power – new book by BNC author 1/05/2010 Barry Brook
An informed public is key to acceptance of nuclear energy 4/05/2010 DV82XL
Open Thread 4 6/05/2010 Barry Brook
Venus syndrome – the Claron’s despair 9/05/2010 Barry Brook
Pamphlets, talks and tweets on nuclear power and climate change 13/05/2010 Barry Brook
Learning the truth about energy 17/05/2010 Barry Brook
Counterpoint ABC radio debate – Does being green mean going nuclear? 19/05/2010 Barry Brook
TCASE 10: Not all capacity factors are made equal 22/05/2010 Barry Brook
Trawling for snake oil 25/05/2010 Geoff Russell
Replacing Hazelwood coal-fired power station – Critique of Environment Victoria report 29/05/2010 Peter Lang
OZ-ENERGY-ANALYSIS.ORG – open science for the new millennium 1/06/2010 Barry Brook
Public advocacy on nuclear power and climate change 5/06/2010 Rob Parker
Updated top 10 posts on BNC and some site stats 7/06/2010 Barry Brook
IFR FaD 5 – the Gen III and Gen IV nuclear power synergy – why we need both 10/06/2010 Barry Brook
Sea level rise – it’s still happening, isn’t it? Part 1 14/06/2010 Barry Brook
The 21st century nuclear renaissance is starting – good news for the climate 18/06/2010 Barry Brook
Take real action on climate change – Part 1 21/06/2010 Marion Brook
Take real action on climate change – Part 2 – the FAQ 25/06/2010 Marion Brook
Thinking Critically about Sustainable Energy (TCASE) – the seminar series 29/06/2010 Barry Brook
OzEA modelling – large-scale wind power using a bucket storage model and gas backup 30/06/2010 Barry Brook
What is risk? A simple explanation 4/07/2010 Peter Lang
Open Thread 5 7/07/2010 Barry Brook
TCASE 11: Safety, cost and regulation in nuclear electricity generation 8/07/2010 DV82XL
TCASE 12: A checklist for renewable energy plans 12/07/2010 John Morgan
BNC community analysis of the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Report 14/07/2010 Barry Brook
Vote for Brave New Climate! 14/07/2010 Barry Brook
Climate change basics I – observations, causes and consequences 18/07/2010 Barry Brook
Climate change basics II – impacts on ice, rain and seas 21/07/2010 Barry Brook
Travels to US and China: ecological models and the Argonne National Laboratory 23/07/2010 Barry Brook
Walk Against Warming in a city near you on 15th August 2010 26/07/2010 Rob Parker
Nuclear Power – Yes Please! (why we need nuclear energy to beat climate change) 28/07/2010 Barry Brook
Balancing carbon with smoke and mirrors 31/07/2010 Geoff Russell
Energy in Australia in 2030 3/08/2010 Barry Brook
US Travel update, ‘Argonne West Diaries’ upcoming 7/08/2010 Barry Brook
Nuclear Power or Climate Change: Take Your Pick – a BNC business card and printable FAQ pamphlet 10/08/2010 Barry Brook
‘Zero Carbon Australia – Stationary Energy Plan’ – Critique 12/08/2010 Martin Nicholson & Peter Lang
Science Educator award, Sydney talk, BNC 2 years old 15/08/2010 Barry Brook
Climate change basics III – environmental impacts and tipping points 19/08/2010 Barry Brook
Accuracy of ABARE Energy Projections 22/08/2010 Peter Lang
Pebble Bed Advanced High Temperature Reactor at UC Berkeley – low cost nuclear? 25/08/2010 Barry Brook
Peak Oil Discussion 29/08/2010 Dave Lankshear
Does wind power reduce carbon emissions? Counter-Response 1/09/2010 Michael Goggin
Open Thread 6 4/09/2010 Barry Brook
IFR FaD 6 – fast reactors are easy to control 7/09/2010 Barry Brook
Another ZCA 2020 Critique – will they respond? 9/09/2010 Ted Trainer
Do the recent floods prove man-made climate change is real? 12/09/2010 Barry Brook
Fast reactor future – the vision of an atomic energy pioneer 14/09/2010 Len Koch
IFR FaD 7 – Q&A on Integral Fast Reactors – safe, abundant, non-polluting power 18/09/2010 Barry Brook
TerraPower’s Travelling Wave Reactor – why not use an IFR? 22/09/2010 George Stanford
Kakadu – a climate change impacts hotspot 25/09/2010 Barry Brook
Scenarios for nuclear electricity to 2060 – Context 28/09/2010 Barry Brook
SNE 2060 – thermal reactor build rates, uranium use and cost 29/09/2010 Barry Brook
Challicum Hills wind farm and the wettest September on record 3/10/2010 Barry Brook
IFR FaD 8 – Two TV documentaries and a new film on the Integral Fast Reactor 6/10/2010 Barry Brook
Discussion Thread – can nuclear be kick started at lower cost? 9/10/2010 Barry Brook
TCASE Video – Interactive discussions about the future of nuclear power 11/10/2010 Barry Brook
SNE 2060 – are uranium resources sufficient? 14/10/2010 Barry Brook
Who crippled the Murray Darling Basin? 18/10/2010 Geoff Russell
Book review: The Flooded Earth – Our Future in a World without Ice Caps 21/10/2010 Barry Brook
SNE 2060 – can we build nuclear power plants fast enough to meet the 2060 target? 25/10/2010 Barry Brook
Open Thread 7 29/10/2010 Barry Brook
Of brains, biceps and baloney 31/10/2010 Geoff Russell
Two nuclear-solar dialogues in Melbourne next week 2/11/2010 Barry Brook
Electricity costs exhibits 7/11/2010 Barry Brook
CO2 rising – the science of global warming 10/11/2010 Barry Brook
SNE 2060 – assessment of energy demand 14/11/2010 Barry Brook
Systems modelling for synergistic ecological-climate dynamics 18/11/2010 Barry Brook
SNE 2060 – a multi-source energy supply scenario 21/11/2010 Barry Brook
The effect of cutting CO2 emissions to zero by 2050 24/11/2010 Tom Wigley
Nuclear is the least-cost, low-carbon, baseload power source 28/11/2010 Barry Brook
The arithmetic adds up to nuclear 30/11/2010 Barry Brook
Media reactions to the Energy paper – part 1 4/12/2010 Barry Brook
Monthly Argument debate: climate change – is nuclear power the answer? 6/12/2010 Barry Brook
Idea: financing large capital cost electricity projects without raising rates 9/12/2010 Gene Preston
Media reactions to the Energy paper – part 2 13/12/2010 Barry Brook
OzEA – The second story 17/12/2010 Barry Brook
Energy and climate books I read in 2010 21/12/2010 Barry Brook
Open Thread 8 – BNC Christmas and New Year 2011 24/12/2010 Barry Brook

2011
No (statistical) warming since 1995? Wrong 2/01/2011 Barry Brook
BNC as a resource – call for help 5/01/2011 Barry Brook
Government intervention on fossil fuel pollution 9/01/2011 DV82XL
QLD floods highlight the cost of climate extremes, and may be a spur to action 12/01/2011 Barry Brook
Livestock and Climate Change … Status update 17/01/2011 Geoff Russell
The cost of ending global warming – a calculation 21/01/2011 Chris Uhlik
New BNC podcast series and predict millionth page view 26/01/2011 Barry Brook
Two countries, two paths, one crucial lesson learned 28/01/2011 Barry Brook
IFR: An optimized approach to meeting global energy needs (Part I) 01/02/2011 Barry Brook
An environmentally sound, energy-rich future (Part II) 04/02/2011 Tom Blees & Barry Brook
Keeping solid information on nuclear energy on the ALP’s discussion agenda 07/02/2011 Luke Weston
ABC Counterpoint radio on nuclear costs, and new talks 10/02/2011 Barry Brook
Climate Change – it’s complicated, but it’s real 12/02/2011 Barry Brook
Gas aplenty, but UAE opts for nuclear – a lesson to be learned? 14/02/2011 Barry Brook
Safeguarding the nuclear fuel cycle 18/02/2011 Bill Hannum
Open Thread 9 – technosolar catastrophe? 20/02/2011 Barry Brook
Advanced nuclear power systems to mitigate climate change (Part III) 24/02/2011 Barry Brook