Who is using nuclear energy? – Nuclear energy consumption per capita by country This graph shows the nuclear power consumption per capita by country for the year 2003 in kg… Read More »Nuclear power consumption per capita by country
World-wide, there are currently 435 nuclear power plants in operation and 28 under construction (January 2007). The chart on the right hand side shows the number of nuclear power plants… Read More »Nuclear energy and nuclear weapons per country
According to the American Energy Information Administration (EIA) and to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world-wide energy consumption will on average continue to increase by 2% per year. A… Read More »Prediction of energy consumption world-wide
There are two major effects of global warming: Increase of temperature on the earth by about 3° to 5° C (34° to 41° Fahrenheit) by the year 2100. Rise… Read More »Effects of global warming
There is no official and exact definition of spiritual growth. We – and many others – use personal spiritual growth as synonyms for other terms like e.g. personal spiritual development,… Read More »Definition of spiritual growth – what is personal spiritual growth
Regarding "Pros and cons of nuclear power " (2007-01-09), it is surprising that anyone should be considering building new nuclear power plants in the US when there is a simple… Read More »Solar, not nuclear energy
«Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.»This is probably the most broadly accepted definition… Read More »Definition of sustainability – what is sustainable?
"There are no knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns – that is to say, there are things we now know we don’t know… Read More »Known and unknown unknowns
As a result of the current discussion how further global warming could be prevented or at least mitigated, the revival of nuclear power seems to be in everybody's – or… Read More »Pros and cons of nuclear power
Almost 100% of the observed temperature increase over the last 50 years has been due to the increase in the atmosphere of greenhouse gas concentrations like water vapour, carbon dioxide… Read More »Cause and effect for global warming