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Originally Posted by Rearden
It's ironic that those screaming about global warming now would be without a cause if they hadn't screamed against nuclear power 30 years ago.
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Don't know if it's the exact same group of people doing the yelling, but I understand (and agree with) your point. We live in a world where we expect perfect, no consequence solutions. So we don't want to rely on fossil fuels due to global warming (or reliance on the Middle East, or whatever other badness comes from burning stuff all the time). But we don't want nuclear power because it's potentially dangerous. And we don't want wind turbines because they may harm migrating birds (and, they're plain ugly to a lot of us, but we won't dare publically use that as an excuse for our opposition). And solar power is too inefficient/expensive. And hydroelectric power destroys ecosystems. And geothermal power is only available to certain geographic areas. And on and on we find excuses.
Nothing's perfect. Not to stick our heads in the sand, but we need to acknowledge that, and accept whatever negatives come with whatever route(s) we choose to go.