Political Quotes

“I include in the Record this document. It is titled ``Why I Changed My Mind About Nuclear Power.'' It details very clearly and wisely why nuclear power and its supply chains are very important. [From Environmental Progress, September 12, 2019] Why I Changed My Mind About Nuclear Power: Transcript of Michael Shellenberger's TEDx Berlin 2017--November 21, 2017 (By Michael Shellenberger) Like a lot of kids born in the early 1970s, I had the good fortune to be raised by hippies. One of my childhood heroes was Stewart Brand. Stewart is not only one of the original hippies, he's also one of the first modern environmentalists of the 1960s and 70s. As a young boy, one of my favorite memories is playing cooperative games that Stewart Brand invented as an antidote to the Vietnam War. I'm from a long line of Christian Pacifists known as Mennonites. Every August, as kids, we would remember the US government's atomic bombing of Japan by lighting candles and sending them on paper boats at Bittersweet Park. After high school, throughout college, and afterwards, I brought delegations of people to Central America to promote diplomacy and peace and to support local farmer cooperatives in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Over time, as I've travelled around the world and visited small farming communities on every continent, I've come to appreciate that most young people don't want to be stuck in the village. They don't want to spend their whole lives chopping and hauling wood.…”