Balanced Energy Transition and Sustainability

Episode 25-4: Tracing Nuclear Power Thinking , 1979 to 2025- The China Syndrome, 3 Mile Island and present day

In this episode, we take our listeners back to 1979, when the movie "The China Syndrome" was released, depicting a nuclear accident just days before the Three Mile Island partial meltdown in Pennsylvania. We visit the project site, and play a clip from a recent interview, where Chris Wallace asks Michael Douglas about his changing views about the role of nuclear power. Michael Douglas frankly says he has changed his mind about the necessity of using safe nuclear power to satisfy energy demands.

Episode 25-3: The Middle East

In this episode, we visit 3 Middle Eastern Countries - Kuwait, Dubai and Egypt, and review the pattern of energy transition as it relates to the middle East.eas

Episode 25-2: Balanced Energy Transition : Nuclear Power Generation

The COO of Bruce Power explains the technology, safety and reliability and costs related to Nuclear Power as a viable power generation source to help the energy transition process.

Episode 25-1: COP 29 and beyond - Practical Energy Transition focus on fossils and nuclear

In this episode, we review the outcomes of COP 29, discuss recent important developments in energy transition, refresh certain acronyms - GFANZ, NZBA, GFS - and look forward to energy transition in 2025, leading up to COP 30 in Brazil. We review the fresh global focus on redefining transition to emphasize fossil fuels and nuclear power as essential elements that cannot be switched off.

Episode 24-8: UN Bio Diversity Cop 16 Colombia 2024

In this episode, I visit the city of Cali, Colombia, and give my observations from the UN conference that discussed biodiversity as an integral part of solutions for global warming.