All Uk Nuclear Power Stations Should Be

Of All The Failed Technologies That Litter The Onward March Of Science - Steam Carriages, Zeppelins, Armoured Trains - None Has Been So Catastrophic To Prosperity As The Last Century's Attempt To Generate Electricity From Nuclear Fission.

The Truth Is, Of Course, That History Is Not Completed In Modern Commerce Any More Than Philosophy Is Perfected In Political Economy. In Other Words, There Is Nothing Timeless Or God-given About Filling Stations And Penicillin And Plastic Bags.

If Good History Is Dispassionate History, It Must Naturally Wait Until The Passions Of The Period Subside.

Since The Attack On The United States On September 11 2001, And The Us Retaliation In Afghanistan And Iraq, There Must Be Few People Who Have Not Felt A Twinge Of Nostalgia For The Cold War.

The Dividing Line Between Wish And Need Was Never Clear.