Word: oils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nuclear physicist trained in the '50s, I have been appalled at the low level on which the nuclear energy debate has been conducted. When dozens of workers are killed in an oil refinery explosion, no one suggests that we abandon the use of fossil fuels. When a water pipe in a nuclear reactor develops a hairline fracture, hysteria follows. Nuclear reactor safety is a highly quantitative and technical matter. It is high time that responsible journalism calls for rational discourse...
...small is beautiful" philosophy, as it applies to energy use, favors decentralization of power and the capital used to create it, the use of portable fuels like oil and wood, and individual energy self-sufficiency, he said...
...wood-oil burner heats the company building, which used to be a gas station. A set of solar collectors supplies hot water, and a windmill will create most of the electricity necessary to light the store. Insulation and roof windows cut down on the need for artificial heat and light...
Alternative energy is economical in other ways as well, Malarkey said. Savings in heating and lighting expenses will more than equal the costs of installing the equipment, Malarkey said. He estimated that the wood-oil heater will pay for itself in five to eight years, the boiler perhaps in three, and the windmill...
...boffin's pipe-dream. It is a credible proposition." The British government has doubled spending on wave-power research this year, to $5.5 million, and the Japanese have committed $5 million over the next two years. They are betting that these investments could pay off in decades ahead. Oil wells may dry up, but waves will never cease to roll...