The simplest argument is that we will only ever need more power, and nothing else can deliver. Burning shit is about as primitive as it gets, and that nets us a

The simplest argument is that we will only ever need more power, and nothing else can deliver. Burning shit is about as primitive as it gets, and that nets us a lot more power than wind or solar ever will. They're good supplemental power sources...but they will never meet our current needs, let alone what's right around the corner. So...electric cars are growing now. You know how much power it takes to charge one of those suckers? The battery matrix in a Tesla can power the average household for a couple of days. These things are going to triple our power needs. In the end: human potential is directly tied to our ability to harness energy and apply it. Fossil fuels enabled us to greatly reduce the need for human labor, but already we're limited by them. And clinging to them (or futilely pretending we can ever reduce our global energy needs) only hinders progress toward a better tomorrow. Nuclear energy's "drawbacks" are incredibly overblown. Waste fuel is compact (weights sound impressive, but uranium and its isotopes are incredibly dense and take up very little space) and more importantly is wasted. Fuel shouldn't be wasted, it should be reprocessed with breeder reactors and reused. And if coal plants' waste was all contained in a convenient solid block instead of the atmosphere, we wouldn't even be discussing replacing it. Anyway...if you want to see a good documentary on the subject, check out "Pandora's Promise." It's told from the perspective of several figures who were anti-nuclear activists before becoming "enlightened," so to speak and realizing they were mislead.