"By all means, let us use the small input from renewables sensibly, but only one immediately available source does not cause global warming, and that is nuclear energy.... Nuclear energy from its start in 1952 has proved to be the safest of all energy source.... We have no time to experiment with visionary energy sources; civilization is in imminent danger and has to use nuclear---the one safe, available, energy source---now or suffer the pain soon to be inflicted by our outraged planet."

"By the mid-1980s.... I became aware of the emerging concept of sustainable development: balancing environmental, social and economic priorities.... Since then, I have worked under the banner of Greenspirit to develop an environmental policy platform based on science, logic, and the recognition that more than six billion people need to survive and prosper every day of the year.... Renewable energies, such as wind, geothermal and hydro are part of the solution. Nuclear energy is the only nongreenhouse gas-emitting power source that can effectively replace fossil fuels and satisfy global demand."

"We see a convergence of powerful economic and political force.... that should lead to a renaissance of nuclear power. The momentum for new nuclear construction has been building quietly over several years, sustained not only by the industry but also by federal officials who believe strongly in the future of nuclear power as an emission-free and secure source of electricity. Nuclear has an increasingly strong case to make."

"Over the next 50 years, unless patterns change dramatically, energy production and use will contribute to global warming through large-scale greenhouse gas emission.... Nuclear power could be one option for reducing carbon emissions."

"I have been a committed environmentalist for many years. It is because of this commitment and the graveness of the consequences of global warming for the planet that I have now come to the conclusion that the solution is to make more use of nuclear energy."

"Now we come to the most profound environmental problem of all . . . global climate change. Its effect on natural systems and on civilization will be a universal permanent disaster. . . . So everything must be done to increase energy efficiency and decarbonize energy production. Kyoto accords, radical conservation in energy transmission and use, wind energy, solar energy, passive solar, hydroelectric energy, biomass, the whole gamut. But add them all up and it's still only a fraction of enough. . . . The only technology ready to fill the gap and stop the carbon dioxide loading of the atmosphere is nuclear power. . . . It also has advantages besides the overwhelming one of being atmospherically clean. The industry is mature, with a half-century of experience and ever improved engineering behind it. . . . Nuclear power plants are very high yield, with low-cost fuel. Finally, they offer the best avenue to a 'hydrogen economy', combining high energy and high heat in one place for optimal hydrogen generation."

"If we NIMBY anywhere and anytime, we should not expect the utility industry to provide electricity to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. If we believe that global warming is a real threat to our planet, then the very best way to provide base load electricity is through emission-free production of nuclear power."