I spent a year of my life digging through the relevant literature back in 2008-2009 when I was coaching policy debate and the topic was alternative energy. Bas

I spent a year of my life digging through the relevant literature back in 2008-2009 when I was coaching policy debate and the topic was alternative energy. Based on my reading, I decided that the arguments in favor of nuclear power were significantly better than the defenses of renewable energy. So I made the strategic decision to write affirmatives about uranium enrichment and targeted procurement of nuclear-powered vessels. That was how we won the national championship. In other words: Even when the best debaters in the country have a year to prepare their counter-arguments, nuclear energy still tends to come out on top. Like facts, energy density is a stubborn thing.