The Case for Nukes

<p>The Case for Nukes is a unique book. In it world-renowned nuclear and aerospace engineer</p><p>Dr. Robert Zubrin explains how nuclear power works and how much it has to offer humanity. He</p><p>debunks the toxic falsehoods that have been spread to dissuade us from using it by variously the</p><p>ignorant the fearful the fanatical and by cynical political operatives bought and paid for by</p><p>competing interests. He tells about revolutionary developments in the field including new</p><p>reactor types that can be cheaply mass produced that cannot be made to melt down no matter</p><p>how hard their operators try that use a new fuel called thorium far more plentiful than uranium</p><p>and still more advanced systems employing thermonuclear fusion - the power that lights the sun</p><p>- to extract more energy from a gallon of water than can be obtained from 300 gallons of</p><p>gasoline. He tells about the bold entrepreneurs - a totally different breed from the government</p><p>officials who created the existing types of nuclear reactors - who are leading this revolution in</p><p>power technology.</p><p>But there are broader issues involved in the nuclear debate than technology alone and Zubrin</p><p>is not shy about addressing them. He makes clear the critical difference between practical</p><p>environmentalism which seeks to improve the environment for the benefit of humanity and</p><p>ideological environmentalism which seeks to use instances of human insult to natural</p><p>environment as evidence for a prosecutorial case against human liberty. He shows how the latter</p><p>school of thought is wrong not only with respect to the catastrophic harm it would do to</p><p>humanity but to nature as well. He also exposes the masters of mercenary environmentalism</p><p>who deploy troops of dupes to shut down companies or whole industries in order to eliminate</p><p>competition in return for being suitably rewarded by the beneficiaries of such efforts. He shows</p><p>that when it comes to environmental improvement freedom is not the problem; freedom is the</p><p>solution. He makes clear both the possibility and necessity of a nuclear-power-enabled</p><p><br></p><p>revolution in the human condition by putting it in a broader historical context of the overall process of development of civilization whereby new technologies create new resources and new knowledge which in turn make possible still more technological advance.</p><p>Finally Zubrin brings all this to bear to address the greatest threat facing humanity today</p><p>- which is the possibility that we will turn on each other as we did in the 20 th century under the</p><p>spell of the false idea that resources are finite.</p><p>Only in a world of unlimited resources can all men and women be brothers and sisters.</p><p>Only in a world of freedom can resources be unlimited.</p><p>That is the world we can and must create. In The Case for Nukes Zubrin shows us how.</p>