RE: Why nuclear power still matters
Too many people today were born too late to remember Chernobyl or Three Mile Island. As recent events reveal, it's not a matter of if an accident happens (or the spent fuel makes it into the hands of the terrorists), it's when! No energy is worth the price we'll have to pay in the face of an accident or attack.
I'd like to see what this guy would say if they built one in his backyard. They have to put the plants and spent fuel somewhere!
All this talk permits us to avoid the real question - voluntary population control. Even nuclear power won't save us from overpopulating the planet (just make it easier!), and if we could reduce the number of humans on the planet, we wouldn't even need to consider something as dangerous as nuclear power.
Nature has a way of balancing things on her own, but we might not like result. There's no guarantee that the equilibrium she finds will be conducive to human life!
