Star Power for Humanity 

Let me deviate here for another example of a horrible decision, for in the fifties, our braintrust selected uranium/plutonium as the preferred fuel for nuclear powerplants over thorium. Why? Because they wanted the wastes to build atomic bombs. If only we went with thorium and heavy ion fusion, we would today be in great shape to progress into the the future. With Peak Oil and Global Warming now looming, I fear the worst.