The Nuclear Two-Step

From TomPaine.com via the Center for Media and Democracy, an eye-opening essay on the false promise of nuclear energy as a way to achieve energy independence. What I find very interesting about this piece is that the author doesn't need to go into the boondoggle of dealing with nuclear wastes -- even before we get to that point, we're talking about an incredibly inefficient method of producing power. I found the section on a "innovation economy" particularly inspiring...