Diana Yousef-Martinek In addition to nuclear, we need to push forward on the portfolio of clean technologies now, to ensure they are economically comparable to the current petrofuels infrastructure we currently have. Nuclear is the only renewable source abundant enough to displace petrofuels—of course, strict government regulation around disposal of the waste would be needed, but France and other nuclear-powered countries have been able to manage this.

Ian Elder Fission is actually not a renewable source of energy—uranium is used up in the process, and we don’t get it back.

Moreover, the disposal of waste is not a trivial problem. While legislators might fight over who gets to have nuclear facilities in their states/districts, surprisingly few can be found who will volunteer to house their toxic byproducts.

It would be better, then, to consider fission to be a short term solution; however, it is not even that, considering its uncompetitive cost. Why not let the market decide the best way to provide clean power once a price on carbon emissions is imposed?