[rayiner]

The right has been just as much of an impediment. All the places it makes sense to store nuclear waste are red states who don't want it in their back yard. And their going apoplectic at any country trying to develop nuclear technology doesn't help the public perception.

The reality is that the market left alone won't solve these problems, and politics can't solve them perfectly. What you're left with is the state of human existance: muddling along.