The irrational fear-mongering about nuclear power and nuclear waste for the last several decades is maybe the primary reason we currently find ourselves in the middle of the global warming crises. Had we continued to invest heavily in improving nuclear technologies, nuclear plants today would be safe, cheap and would have a very small carbon footprint. I am a fan of all of the renewable sources (each of which has many problems of its own) and I dream of the possible future with fusion (will it ever really come?) however, even now, we should be investing heavily in the best and safest nuclear technologies as quickly as possible to get mankind out of this complete disaster that we have created with carbon.