RON BAILEY: The Cultural Contradictions of Environmentalism: Fast Breeder Reactor Edition. “So here’s the aggravating aspect of Speth’s preening self-congratulation about being part of the effort to stop the commercialization of breeder reactors: in an alternative universe in which 200 reactors come online, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be about 35 percent lower than they currently are. In other words, the reactors that Speth opposed could have been a huge part of the solution to what Speth claims is humanity’s ‘biggest threat.’ Like I said, really annoying.”

And utterly predictable. The only technological innovation these guys ever really liked was the wet blanket . . . .