In Running On Empty, my book which is available on this website, I refer to a possible problem with cooling nuclear plants at times when they may be needed most.

I was referring to normal operation of nuclear plants, not a catastrophic meltdown. An earth quake in Japan this past week has provided us an example of the absolute worst case scenario of what can happen when Murphy's law kicks in and everything goes wrong.

An $8 million study, carried out in Wisconsin by We Energies at Milwaukee’s Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, has proclaimed success in capturing carbon from the plant’s smokestacks. It is good news, never mind that the carbon was released back into the air after it was captured. Why on earth would they do that?...

No, fly tipping is not an Olympic sport. You won’t find it on the sports page either. Where you will find it is on the bottom of the ocean...