We're all in a bit of a fix, aren't we? Leading from the front can only accomplish so much, yet throwing in the towel will quickly erase the past three years of no growth in global CO2 emissions. Atmospheric CO2 will once again accelerate with no major country at least setting an example.

Technology put us on this path and it will have to be the solution. We're going to have to get over the nuclear bogeyman and deal with it. We should also be putting significant funds into fusion research instead of the paltry (and shrinking) $400 million budget. I realize that the likelihood of near-term advances is tiny, but the payoff is, well, you know. It would be a far better investment than further military spending.