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“Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” ― Albert Einstein

“A coincidence of interests is always more powerful than a conspiracy.”

From the 1950s into the 1970s, nuclear energy made its enticing debut and then began its decades-long decline in the U.S. Today, nuclear energy makes up 20% of the nation’s

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

Americans want a clean and safe environment. This is a shared value regardless of ideology; nobody, either on the left or the right, has a monopoly on caring about the environment. However, while there is wide agreement that a clean environment is important, the path toward maintaining it, or addressing challenges, is often filled with disagreement.

1353 views We all know that the goal of renewable supporters is clean energy, but what drives nuclear entrepreneurs? A new book by nuclear entrepreneur Jack Devanney provides some insight: "Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop (the Gordian Knot of the 21st Century)".  Its available in print for those who love the smell of paper, and is actually free on-line: https://gordianknotbook.com. The book opens with a section about global energy use and a picture of a group of kids around a small table doi...