A more direct article about nuclear energy

The movie Pandora's Promise, which I wrote about previously, is causing a lot of reexamination and reconsideration of nuclear energy and how it might be integral to ending the era of fossil fuels and critically addressing the issue of climate change substantively.

Andrew Revkin used Dot Earth to host an opinion piece by one of the film's principals, Richard Rhodes.  In it, he explains why he used to oppose nuclear power, why he doesn't any more, and also why he thinks so many other people are still opposed to it.

Then he wrote this:

"I’m not surprised that the clean and peaceful technology, which today provides about 13.5 percent of world electricity without air pollution or greenhouse gases, was tarred with the same brush as the Bomb. I am surprised, however, that idealistic, intelligent people who want to clean up the air and limit global warming are opposed to nuclear power. They might as well be out there promoting fossil fuels. In effect, they are."

Now, this is why I also have serious issues with the charlatans posing as "experts" who are climate change skeptics (more on this soon). Because they are beholden to the fossil fuel industry, and that era HAS TO END, for the sake of security, health, the future inhabitability of our world, and for a more stable future, societally and environmentally.