The Solution to Dependence on Foreign Oil

Not only is nuclear power green, it's economically the best choice.

Admit it. There's a little bit of the feeling among some American conservatives that somehow, anything that makes the oil companies sweat a little bit - or gets between them and the auto industry - is a communist plot. Sometimes, but not usually. You'll hear the lazy oil companies whining as they die off over the next few decades (and demand corporate welfare) , and the smart ones will diversify into new energy as it becomes profitable (hey, the tobacco companies did it just fine!) And speaking of new energy, with this just-discovered cool little trick you can cheaply generate hydrogen from saltwater with radio waves.

Even though that trick isn't ready for prime time, nuclear is, and has been. As those power bills keep going up, maybe people's attitudes will change.