One thing that is nice about solar is that it flips the entire idea of "power" on its head. Solar theoretically allows you to power your own life without needin

One thing that is nice about solar is that it flips the entire idea of "power" on its head. Solar theoretically allows you to power your own life without needing to be a part of any power grid. That's pretty neat, and I think will be very useful in the coming decades. But I think the argument here is a little convoluted. In my opinion, nuclear power is still the best "bang for your buck", and that's probably not going to change considering the same rules apply in the rest of the universe. Absorbing the energy of photons that were created by a nuclear reaction is going to net far less energy than simply using the full energy from the original nuclear reaction to power a turbine, no matter which way you slice it. On a large scale, nuclear makes sense. And even though there have been a number of high-profile incidents in the past 50 years, nuclear doesn't even come close to the amount of deaths and sickness people have suffered over the past couple hundred years by working in coal mines. I'd much rather take my chances with a bit of radiation than go into one of those mines, knowing that my lungs are going to be pitch black by the time I'm 45...and if it catches fire, I'm done.