Nuclear power debate is irrelevant

Two environmental authorities are in a debate.  Stewart Brand the genius of the Whole Earth Catalog and most of the environmental world (and a friend of mine) argues that nuclear power is vital to constraining global warming. It doesn't emit CO2 and is safe.  Amory Lovins a leading technical expert on automobiles, power and energy argues that nuclear power is inherently too expensive compared to other environmentally friendly modes including energy conservation.

I'm happy to say I disagree with them both.  Their arguments are irrelevant. We have now entered the era of abundant long term really cheap energy, natural gas.  There is no need to consider any other form of energy.

Not much more to say. Our life is changed in many ways by the natural gas findings.  I have friends who say the exploitation and integration of natural gas into our world is a long way off...5 to 10 years. One reason is that the oil companies own much of the natural gas world.

I say it is much more likely that natural gas will inundate us much like a tsunami.  The reason is simple: the driving goal of commerce, the sine qua non, is the reduction of costs.  Natural gas reduces costs radically so it will be incorporated everywhere regardless of the power of oil companies, Luddite environmentalists or the neanderthal political classes.