I think it's irresponsible to just say no to nuclear power wholesale. The holy grail of nuclear energy is cold fusion, of course. But in the meantime, we can ge

I think it's irresponsible to just say no to nuclear power wholesale. The holy grail of nuclear energy is cold fusion, of course. But in the meantime, we can get safer nuclear energy by using thorium in our reactors instead of uranium. The reason why uranium is used over thorium is because uranium has applications not only in energy generation, but also in nuclear weapons. Uranium was more lucrative to mine than thorium because governments around the world bought so many of it to create so many bombs. Here is an article explaining some of the advantages and drawbacks of using thorium as a nuclear power source: http://www.power-technology.com/features/feature1141/ http://www.power-technology.com/features/feature1141/ Cold fusion is the ultimate clean energy, but until that is accomplished (if it can even be accomplished), we shouldn't bury our heads in the sand with regards to nuclear energy. Thorium isn't very clean energy, it still produces radioactive waste like uranium reactors, but thorium reactors have the potential of meeting our energy requirements while being safer than uranium reactors, so there's less of a chance of a Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima happening.