Sky-High Radiation Found in Fukushima Fish

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23. Whether people invest in solar, wind or nuclear, the profit motive is always involved

and I've never disparaged investment in anything that's carbon-free. There's profit to made in each.

There are really two reasons I've come to think that nuclear must be part of the global warming solution. One is that it's powerful enough to make a difference - we know it has the potential to power the planet for most applications. The second is that so-called "generation four" reactors have the promise of being far safer than what we have now.

It's comparable to the current state of civil aviation. I don't know how old you are, but I remember the 1960s, and there were a horrendous number of airline crashes. Every few months one would go down, and hundreds of people would die. Nowadays, domestic air disasters are few and far between, and safety has improved by a factor of...10? 20?. Similarly, new reactor designs are light years ahead of what was used at Fukushima.

My attitude toward energy is the opposite of defeatist. I believe in anything that works. But I don't believe most people understand the severity of the threat of global warming, and how we need to re-evaluate priorities. If global warming will make life on Earth impossible in 3 centuries, what's the point of worrying about whether Yucca Mountain can keep radioactive waste safe for 100 centuries?

You obviously care about the planet and preserving what's left to preserve, that's the important part. If everyone cared, we wouldn't have a problem.