Lovelock believes the only way humanity will survive global warming while maintaining our energy intensive lifestyle is to build nuclear plants. He advocates dumping the waste into national parks to keep humans out and allow wildlife to flourish.

Michele Field: But you don't believe there is any hazard from nuclear waste if it's handled properly. In fact I think you suggested storing it in habitats like tropical forests that need protection because people are so leery of nuclear waste that they could leave those lands alone.

James Lovelock: Oh it's a grand guardian of places that are nice. Developers would be very scary of taking on a nuclear waste site.

It is hard to deny the logic.
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  • ucblockhead . # . 1/1
    There's a certain logic to it. The sort of biological threat that humans would find to be wildly unsafe would still allow an ecosystem to flourish. A 20% chance of terminal cancer means little to a rabbit that has a 30% chance of being taken by the wolf.