Support for Nuclear == Denial

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4. I think the enemy is a delusional regulatory environment

Nuclear energy clearly requires a capacity for responsible management and governing that we used to sometimes see in old science fiction stories.

The geopolitics alone are unworkable, and basically amounts to "nuclear for me but not for thee". The more nuclear spreads outside the west, the more powerful it'll make warmongers in western politics. I would go so far as to say that even in the west, the spread of nuclear power drives the politics of the police state; The very high level of surveillance in France revealed by Snowden's documents are a stark indicator.

As a humanist, I won't give up hope that we could someday build a society that can responsibly handle some of the most dangerous technologies. But looking at the complete lack of ethics surrounding GMOs, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for that kind of society. What we've got now is not going to work.