> Similar situation to nuclear power. I think the issue with nuclear power is more the size of the blast radius. For example, the U.S. population within 50 mil

> Similar situation to nuclear power. I think the issue with nuclear power is more the size of the blast radius. For example, the U.S. population within 50 miles of the Indian Point Energy Center is >17,000,000 including New York City [1]. The blast radius of a self-driving car is a few dozen people at best. It's not evident that nuclear technology is uniformly better than solar or wind, but it's probably expected-value positive. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_Generating_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_Generating_Station