Reply #6: Might as well accept it [View All]

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It's going to happen. This country is going to demand it as a result of high energy prices. The environmental argument is going to fall on deaf ears when people are having trouble filling their gas tanks and feeding their families.

The environmental movement in general has a real serious problem in that it is unwilling to compromise on anything. By doing so it surrenders its say in which way things will go. We have a chance to guide energy development towards relatively clean sources - which translates to nuclear, since that's the only source other than coal and oil which can have a significant impact on our energy usage - but failing to even say, if we must then solution A is better than solution B, means getting cut out of the discussion altogether among people who are serious about addressing energy issues. Right now environmentalists in general are acting like spoiled babies who simply say no no no to everything. It's a good way to get oneself marginalized and ignored.