Weird Reality

Many of my colleagues have long maintained that the best solution to climate change is nuclear power. Free of greenhouse gasses, nuclear is a powerful, scalable energy technology. We know how to build these plants, and most have operated without incident for many decades. However, nuclear power is also, as Barry Commoner once wrote, "A hell of a complicated way to boil water." While I am far from anti-technology, I have always had two problems with nuclear energy. First, the waste remains toxic...

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