Yes, the juvenile fear and hatred of nuclear power represents a major deficiency in global energy political thinking. But there's worse to come, as the present crisis crippling global oil supply is clearly demonstrating. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels for a far wider range of products than merely electricity is the real threat, simply because electricity generation without fossil fuels is a piece of cake. The much bigger problem is the 60% of oil and gas NOT used to generate electricity. And most of those other uses have no known substitutes. Now the crippling effects we face of shortages of fertilizers, plastics, explosives and literally thousands of other essential products are getting the publicity they deserve. (And the authors of this article know it.)