The absurdity of Europe burning wood for energy
&gt;  A single pellet of uranium fuel no bigger than your fingertip provides as much energy as a ton of coal (and certainly even more wood). How many trees will be clearcut before this boondoggle of absurdity is stopped?<p>Nuclear energy <i>is</i> the best answer we have so far, but the problem with nuclear energy is it doesn&#x27;t require human beings to <i>sacrifice</i> anything.  Unlike vastly inferior technologies like solar and wind, nuclear does not limit civilization.  Nuclear energy doesn&#x27;t force you to cut back your usage.  Many environmentalist causes and activism around climate change would be obsolete, and people don&#x27;t like being obsolete, especially when their activism is their theology.