Nuclear Power is Essential

Today, I'd like to address the issue of nuclear energy and its possibilities. "Possibilities" is a key-word because, although the actual dangers of nuclear power are dwarfed by their public image, they are real enough.
However, that simply means they have to be soundly managed with sound systems that already exist in places like France. It also simply means there can't be any nonsense: nuclear waste shouldn't be transported far. It should be stored near where it's created, and it should all be done with the direction of experts who've done it best in other parts of the world. Many will say we should play it safe, and stick with natural gas. Or they might believe that we can make it on "green" energy: solar, wind, and geo-thermal. Otherwise, they might talk about the developing green miracle of algae, or hemp, or some other wonder-technology that's been repressed by a conspiracy of government and big oil.
These views make great commercials but they're incorrect. The first view was probably sound once, but the world has changed a few times since and nuclear technology has changed with it.
As for the other views, it's time the public faced reality all around. Global warming is not a myth, and the rational minority's known this for decades; It is true that freakish thawing on a global scale can cause freakish snow storms in places like Washington D.C.. As for Green energy, it's small potatoes and it's not even green: wind-power slices up migratory birds.
The only major green source of power is nuclear, and it's a miraculous resource a handful of nations are lucky enough to have. It's the future of American energy and I believe the Oregon desert would be a good place to start building.

(the above letter was submitted as a letter to the editor to my local Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon)