Eh. Fossil fuels will destroy the biosphere. They regularly and fairly brutally destroy rather large swaths of it (see nigeria/etc.). Hydroelectric plants des

Eh. Fossil fuels will destroy the biosphere. They regularly and fairly brutally destroy rather large swaths of it (see nigeria/etc.). Hydroelectric plants destroy parts of the biosphere. They massively damage aquatic life and fish species and they have the rather nasty fact that if they fail they wash away a good portion of whatever is downstream (read: that city.). Renewables tend to be very energy disperse, require large amounts of energy/land to produce and generally can't provide baseload power except for hydro power. At the end of the day, there isn't any perfect answer, but all the effort directed at stopping nuclear power research seems very short sighted, seeing as it is currently the best answer to baseload power that we have.