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Here, you will find different ways to interact with our community of scientists.
First, in the Topics page different energy experts play the role of Story-tellers and provide different perspectives about energy issues to which you can post comment in the
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Second, the Nuclear Predicament is a special page where one short publication is periodically posted to which you are invited to react.
Third, in the Forum, you can participate actively in this experiment by (1) telling us your opinion on the selected topics; (2) adding any new topic; and (3) giving us your feedback about this experiment (this website!).
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Topics
We know that a "low carbon" economy is possible. In fact it was the only economy humans knew during most of their history in pre-industrial societies. Even today it is the daily reality for many subsistence societies on the planet which operate to 100% on renewable energy resources. So the real question is not whether it is possible to achieve a low carbon economy but rather: can we run a modern society, at a given level of population, keeping a material standard of living considered as acceptable, according to modern standards, while reducing dramatically our dependence on fossil energy?
Do we have a viable alternative to the fossil fuel economy?
- Nuclear "Renaissance" or Nuclear "Agony"? by Marcel Coderch
- Wind energy: drivers, trends and the problem of large scale integration within electric grids by Jaume Morron Estradé
- The bizarre story of the Liquid Biofuels by Kozo Mayumi
- Can bioenergy substitute for a substantive fraction of fossil energy? by Helmut Haberl
- Photovoltaics: Overview of the Pros and Cons by Marco Raugei
- HydroElectric Energy: Like Ice in a Fire… Something for nothing you'll never acquire. by Mark Brown
- What about Hydrogen? by Frano Barbir
- The role of "other" alternative energy sources: Searching for A Miracle? by Sergio Ulgiati
Nuclear Predicament
- September 12, 2011 - The meaning of the CENTRACO accident
- July 22, 2011 - The nuclear industry is not like the car industry!
- June 03, 2011 - Discussion on "What'll a Nuclear-Free Germany Cost?" by Peter Fairley
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You can have your say in this Forum of discussion and participate actively in this experiment by telling us your opinion on the selected topics. This is how we can see your perception of the energy crisis and check that the scientific information we are providing responds to your concerns.
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