Took a look at the Freakonomics blog today and found a good article on why the leftists screwed us on the problem that they continually complain about today; Global Warming.
Nuclear power was the answer, but scared leftists panicked after a nuclear accident (that created no harm to the environment, just was a mechanical failure) and now we are behind in Nuclear Energy compared to our European counterparts as well as the U.S. being the greatest contributor to global warming.
Article found here.There is a new book out that was written by old Environmentalists who fought against Nuclear Power (and obviously had no idea what they were fighting against, they were just naive like everyone else) finally visited plants and the Yucca Mountain storage facilities and guess what they figured out...
Nuclear power is great!
Haven't read it yet but will check it out.
Book is here.And raving reviews from the WSJ.