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...

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so,...

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so,...

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...

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...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

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...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

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...

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

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...

'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all...

'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all...

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,...

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter...

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter...

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...

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy...

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...