Australia Unto UAE

Just for fun, let’s combine a couple of topics into something miasmic – who knows, maybe even phantasmagoric. Lately, we’ve noted that despi...

“30 percent higher than it would otherwise be”

One of the points that is made again and again about nuclear energy – on this blog, certainly, but really, in many places – is that if the ...

As Gulf Prepares for Peak Oil, It Turns to Nuclear

Personally, I’ve always had my doubts about Saudi oil supplies. Sure, there’s some room for strategic ambiguity here. But when someone is pl...

Hans Blix, Psychological Tricks, Editorial Picks

Here’s a story we certainly had no reason to expect: The United Arab Emirates said Monday it had appointed former United Nations chie...

“Because Nuclear Power Is Less Costly"

Reuters has put up an interesting “Fact Box” detailing which countries in the middle East and African want to knock together a few nuclear...

Angst in Germany, Full Steam Ahead in UAE

In the annals of bad arguments, this is one of our favorites: Germany's newly elected government could hinder the expansion of re...

Life’s Little Ironies

A British wind utility, Ecotricity , and French nuclear company EDF are fighting for the rights to a “green” union jack to use at the 2012...

U.A.E. Moves Quickly on Nuclear Energy

The Wall Street Journal looks in at the nuclear doings on the Arabian Peninsula. We’ve looked at this before, but a lot has happened in a ...

Keeping Your Toes Cool in Dubai

We’re not terribly critical of energy end users, though our father certainly could be if we let out the air conditioning by leaving the fro...

Bridging the Gulf with Nuclear Energy

Even if we were a little more, um, self-centered, we probably  wouldn't try out a sentence like this : Nuclear power rather than re...

This Island Earth: Following Up on Some Recent Stories

One thing journalist types like to do is follow up on previous stories to see where they've gotten to, if anywhere. It provides continu...