Friday Reads
Some good reads from the past few days:
- In talking about nuclear power's viability as a clean energy source, Brad Plumer mentions something I didn't know - that we may only have 50 years' worth of profitable uranium from which to make power. Somebody tell me why the federal government should then subsidize the extraordinarily expensive process of developing nuclear power when it might only last us 50 years? (Plumer)
- Via Feministe, here's a very pragmatic piece in WeNews about the correlation between drinking and rape which offers 3 solid suggestions for addressing the issue. (WeNews)
- This High Country News piece from 2005 (I just found it) a fantastic science geek discussion of, among other things, the development of dendroclimatology, wherein trees' growth rings (and the historical climate record that they reflect) are being used to understand drought patterns in the West. I research drought at my job, so maybe this is more interesting to me than you, but still, isn't that cool? (HCNews)