Monthly Archives: June 2008

32 Nuclear Plants on the Wall, 32 Nuclear Plants…

Tags:Climate, Crazy Stuff That Costs Way Too Much Money, Energy

The IEA released its Energy Technology Perspectives report this week in Tokyo. By far the most interesting part of the report was its projection for what is required to reach a worldwide 50% emissions reductions by the year 2050: We would need a virtual decarbonisation of the power sector. Given the growing demand for electricity, […]

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The Future East Asian Security (i.e. The Future of U.S.-Japanese Relations)

Tags:Diplomacy, Entangling Alliances, Japan, The Middle Kingdom

For the last 600 years the history of world has been defined by the Atlantic. On these waves sailed the explorer’s caravel, the conquistador’s galleon, the slaver’s schooner, and the trade-man’s gunboat. The winds of the Atlantic have carried the blood of revolutionaries, the cries of pilgrims, and the powder of world wars. It was […]

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