It is hard for me to take seriously the most rabid "rapid and total destruction of all living things" climate crowd when they ignore the one existing technology which could be deployed quickly and in quantity. Thus I would like to share this piece today from Senator Lamar Alexander appearing in the American Spectator.  In he lays out the destination, which few disagree with, and then the path:

None of these goals are met by the current Waxman-Markey Bill. What started out as an effort to address climate change by reducing carbon emissions has ended up as a huge tax burden on the economy, a $100 billion a year job-killing national energy tax that will create a new utility bill for every American family...This tax burden is relieved only by the vague hope that all this can be overcome by mandating increased use of a few alternative energy sources defined as "renewable." Renewable energies such as wind and solar and biomass are intriguing and promising as a supplement to America's energy requirements. Yet the Waxman-Markey Bill proves once again that one of government's biggest mistakes is taking a good idea and expanding it until it doesn't work anymore...

There's a better option. Let's take another long, hard look at nuclear power. Nuclear is already out best source for large amounts of cheap, reliable clean energy. It provides only 20 percent of our nation's electricity but 70 percent of our carbon-free, pollution-free electricity. It is already far and away our best defense against climate change. So why not build 100 new nuclear power plants during the next 20 years? We built 100 reactors between 1970 and 1990 with no assistance from the government. Why can't we do it again? Other countries are already forging ahead of us. France gets 80 percent of its electricity from 50 reactors and has among the cheapest electricity rates and the lowest carbon emissions in Europe to show for it. Japan is building reactors from start to finish in four years. China is planning 60 new reactors while Russia is selling its nuclear technology all over the world. President Obama has even said Iran has the right to use nuclear power for energy. We invented this technology. Isn't it time we got back in the game?...

We can't wait any longer to start building our future of clean, reliable, affordable energy. The time has come for action. We can achieve all three goals of reducing carbon emissions, avoiding energy sprawl and reviving America's industrial and hi-tech economy with the technology we already have at hand. The only requirement is that we open our minds to the possibilities and potential of nuclear power.