They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There isn't enough capability in ordinary people to tinker with such a complicated piece of machinery.

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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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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,...

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out...

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out...

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...

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...