Nuclear power is the only green solution (2004)
Nothing about the greenest and most sustainable solution: reducing consumption. Most Americans could drop their consumption by 75% purely improving their lives, before difficult decisions, many of which would also improve their lives. Several nations, like Thailand, have lowered birth rates purely voluntarily, increasing prosperity and abundance.<p>Without reducing, new power sources will repeat what led Norman Borlaug said on receiving the Nobel Prize for his part in the Green Revolution:<p>"The green revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation; it has given man a breathing space. If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance during the next three decades. But the frightening power of human reproduction must also be curbed; otherwise the success of the green revolution will be ephemeral only. Most people still fail to comprehend the magnitude and menace of the "Population Monster"...Since man is potentially a rational being, however, I am confident that within the next two decades he will recognize the self-destructive course he steers along the road of irresponsible population growth..."<p>We haven't made much progress stemming growth. Projections to 2100 still show our population growing, yet our global footprint is greater than one Earth.