http://www.economist.com/node/21547803
This article talks about Barrack Obama's current address to the American people. In the speech he talked about all the energy and resources that would produce jobs and fuel the American economy. The only resource he did not mention was nuclear energy, even though it roduces one fifth of all American power. The reason for this is 64% of the American population does not want to use nuclear power as such a big resource beause of all the things that have gone wrong with it like in Japan, and Russia and other places in the world.
It is not to be denied that nuclear power has the potential to be a massive energy provider, and its utilization could lead to jobs for thousands of people worldwide. However to avoid corruption and destruction heavy handed ethics have to be put in place to ensure that this powerful resource will not be used for the wrong reasons. This I believe will be the biggest chasm for the world and will most probably never be breached.
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