I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I'm worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor.

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We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of...

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of...

It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch...

It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch...

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as...

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as...

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the...

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the...

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible,...

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible,...

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right...

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right...

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said...

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said...

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for...

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for...

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked...

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked...

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer...

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer...

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of...

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of...

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal,...

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal,...

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the...

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...