[threeseed]

Nuclear power is such a mess though.

There's the political logistics of getting the fuel, figuring out how and where to dispose of the fuel, the NIMBY problem with plant locations and the fact that in general its politically very unpopular.

[xrange]

That sounds like it is true for western countries, but China has a lot of nuclear power coming online, and what are the attitudes in India?

[likelynew]

It's the same. While liberal class sees nuclear as future, no one wants a nuclear plant opened in their city. See: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=... for an example