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

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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...

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...

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

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...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the...

Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the...

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...

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and...

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and...

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...

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...

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...