The fundamental mistake we made was to lump nuclear energy along with nuclear weapons. Everything nuclear was evil. Much of the environmental movement continues to make that mistake. When I left Greenpeace in 1986 I still opposed nuclear energy.
But as climate change emerged it was necessary to rethink energy production. Today, 87 percent of all energy used is fossil fuel energy. To replace that with renewables—intermittent energy like solar and wind power—is mathematically impossible.
But nuclear energy could do it: unlike solar and wind power, it is sustainable economically and in terms of providing continuous power.
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