People try to debate nuclear rationally, but I think there is a sharp divide in temperament in our culture. Some people want the solution to our energy woes to

People try to debate nuclear rationally, but I think there is a sharp divide in temperament in our culture. Some people want the solution to our energy woes to be perpetual austerity, lowering consumption and being eternally vigilant against anything that might produce more energy. The other temperament sees creating more energy as a good thing. It doesn't have the "closed world" assumption. It's remarkable that the former temperament is very conservation oriented, and therefore conservative, but more a feature of the Left than the Right.