Davos

I have been to two movies in the past 40 years and only went because my children recommended them. So it was to my delight that a famous movie person showed up unexpectedly at Davos. Oliver Stone showed up with a provocative new movie called Nuclear Now. He argues that nuclear has been unfairly maligned by oil companies and others (by others I hope he means the greens) to make the public fearful about its safety. Stone says nuclear is the only existing technology that could help in a meaningful way to bring down carbon emissions. He said climate change has forced us to take a new look at nuclear. Unfortunately he is talking like a scientist to a group of people more interested in politics. They want to transfer wealth from rich countries to poor countries and be in charge of who gets what. Many in this group have already become rich by wind and solar and they are looking to get richer. Nuclear doesn't fit that agenda.