The U.S. Needs a Safe, Sane Energy Policy
by Lawrence Kadish • September 7, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Western democracies are under assault by a Russia determined to bring the United States and its allies to their knees.
It is time our response was nuclear. As in nuclear power.
Improvements in nuclear power have now reportedly made it a safer source of energy, providing an additional source of power free from the posturing blackmail of leaders such as Putin.
Climate change expert Michael Shellenberger wrote in Forbes:
"Study after study in top scientific journals find that nuclear power plants are far and away the safest way to make reliable electricity.... The good news is that a growing number of scientists who specialize in radiation, climate, and public health are speaking out for nuclear power plants as critical to saving lives.... In 2013... the climate scientists Pushker Kharecha and James Hansen found that 'nuclear power prevented an average of 1.84 million air pollution-related deaths.'"
