The sun doesn't shine at night, and wind power is highly variable. To meet our emissions goals, we're going to have to grasp every arrow in the quiver, and nuclear is one of those arrows.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nuclear energy is a baseload - meaning it's power that you can run any time you want, day or night - and carbon-free.
Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back.
Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy.
For nuclear power to have a future, we'll either need more Yucca Mountains or a way to decrease the stuff we put there.
I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
If our nation wants to reduce global warming, air pollution and energy instability, we should invest only in the best energy options. Nuclear energy isn't one of them.
If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix.
Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.
There is no need for nuclear. The world can be powered by wind, water and sun alone.