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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep...

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep...

They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There...

They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra...

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No...

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No...