Agreed. I've had this argument many times with my left-leaning friends. People who are worried about pollution or climate change should be demanding that we sw

Agreed. I've had this argument many times with my left-leaning friends. People who are worried about pollution or climate change should be demanding that we switch over to nuclear power as quickly as possible. Sometimes I wonder if technical advances have outstripped our collective ability to deal with them. Specialization is required to make progress, but it means that nobody really understands the choices we have when it comes to technology. And although it's possible for specialists to design, build and operate something like a nuclear power plant, actually doing that requires the broader public to understand and support it.