Author Archives: Bert Hielema

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September 22 2013 FUKUSHIMA : A fuku-shame    Nuclear power was supposed to free us forever from fossil fuels: “too cheap to metre” was the dream. It reminds me of Dick Cheney and his deputy who sold the Iraq war … Continue reading

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September 15 2013 Our Fatal Addiction to Oil We all know that we live in a volatile world. It looks that, for now, the Syrian situation is going back to the pre- chemical gas stalemate, where neither side can win, … Continue reading

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September 8 2013 The Mess in the Middle East Civilization started there. Will it also end there?   Last week I started to brush up on the Syria question. In the New York Times in just one day I found … Continue reading

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Our World Today Will Fracking free us from fuel famine forever? September 1 2013 “We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years, and my administration will take every possible action to safely develop this … Continue reading

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August 25 2013 77 + 77 At the time I never gave it a thought. When my grandparents’ farm, after the war, got electricity, their beautiful oil lamps were discarded as useless, thrown into the garbage. The age of energy … Continue reading

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August 18 2013 Our World Today A Unique Experience America is alive and well. Or so it seems. We, our entire family, spent an entire week in a Colorado resort north of Denver, in the mountains there, quite central for … Continue reading

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