Good answer. I actually don't know the figures, but I know what sort of argument it would take to convince me: some numbers showing that nuclear power productio

Good answer. I actually don't know the figures, but I know what sort of argument it would take to convince me: some numbers showing that nuclear power production takes a substantially higher toll on life and health than other forms of energy production, measured by kWh. This number determines whether producing the same amount of power by other means is going to save people, or kill people. (Yes, it's not out of the question that environmentalist activism kills people. Good intentions don't protect from bad consequences.) Maybe the people who advocate stopping nuclear power should cite their acceptable figures of death toll per kWh produced, and then we can compare with oil and coal. Emotional arguments only get us so far. As regarding sustainable energy, here's my favorite book on the subject: http://withouthotair.com http://withouthotair.com . It takes the approach I like: "let's just sit down and calculate".