Why is everyone, whether here or among the massmedia, so convinced it has to be one thing and not the other.
Why no nukes but yes windmills, or yes nukes and no windmills?
Why not yes to nukes and yes to windmills and yes to biodiesel and everything else that works?
A single-pronged approach to energy is why we're at the point where we have to have this discussion in the first place. Attack from all angles and we'll be OK.
I even like the idea of local generation, not as a replacement for big energy plants, but as a supplement. I don't see anything wrong with redundant supplies of energy, and several things right (such as not being entirely vulnerable in the event some terrorist strikes a big energy plant).
I agree with you.