I believe the only way to satisfy the energy demands of the future is the nuclear power plant.

In the 60-odd years since the first use of atomic energy to bomb a citizenry into submission, we have found ways to use such energy for good and peaceful means. As an science-based society it amazes me that by now I don't have a basketball sized reactor buried under my house providing all the heat and electrical power I need. To take it a step further, a softball sized reactor under the hood of my car could provide an inexhaustable heat source for an automotive steam engine. Unsafe you say? Baloney. The U.S. Navy has had tens of thousands of sailors living within feet of nuclear reactors ever since the 60's.

The problems are surmountable, we need cooling for the reactor and waste disposal or at least storage until dissipation. As a first cut it is possible to load the stuff into big dumb rockets and fire them into the sun.

I guess I expect a lot of howls of outrage or laughter at my attitudes but they are mine.