ThoughtscapisminThe KernelWorld’s Worst Environmental Disasters from Energy ProductionI wrote a three-part series on energy accidents to answer the question: “What about Chernobyl?”May 28, 20191May 28, 20191
ThoughtscapisminThe KernelDo Nuclear Accidents Create Radioactive Wastelands? The Surprising Nature of ChernobylIn the last article, I put energy accidents in perspective. What about the risk of making large swaths of land uninhabitable?May 23, 20191May 23, 20191
ThoughtscapisminThe Kernel“What About Chernobyl?” Ranking World’s Deadliest Energy AccidentsWhen nuclear power comes up, more often than not someone declares that all anyone needs to know can be said with one word: Chernobyl.May 16, 20194May 16, 20194
ThoughtscapismNuclear Energy Is a Fast and Inexpensive Way to Improve the WorldWe should produce more carbon-free energy in order to stop global warming, and avoid losing millions of lives to air pollution every year…Aug 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018
ThoughtscapismWhat about Animal Welfare, Pesticides, and the Environment? Organic vs ConventionalI have written about my journey going from an enthusiastic organic supporter to a reluctant avoider of organic products in my piece Natural…Mar 31, 20171Mar 31, 20171
ThoughtscapismNatural Assumptions — My failed attempt to defend Organic FarmingI write about the risks of repeating slogans, and of how pieces of worldview are built and change. Sometimes that change starts with just a…Feb 23, 201711Feb 23, 201711
ThoughtscapismWhy Thoughtscapism?I tend to do a lot of thinking. Conversely, I also make a painstaking effort to regularly escape from those thoughts and connect them to…Feb 21, 2017Feb 21, 2017