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14. Well, he can certainly speak for himself....
Tue May 26, 2026, 12:51 PM
18 hrs ago

.... but what I take from NNader's posts is that replacing coal and other polluting forms of chemical combustion should be done expediently and that we have, here and now, a safe, reliable, and working solution for doing so at scale: Nuclear.

Since chemical combustion is killing people in the present and also presents a serious threat to our future, I see his point: Get rid of it sooner rather than latter. Focus on nuclear. Then, I would add, as time and technological advances allow, replace the nuclear with the "green."

So, I think we have it backwards. Focus on replacing combustion with fission now, and if "green" energy pans out, replace the fission. And if fusion happens, so much the better.

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