David R. Brower

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom. ↗

— David R. Brower

#ago #atom #fact #four #i

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost. ↗

— David R. Brower

#being #close #edge #irrevocably #lost

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open. ↗

— David R. Brower

#concrete #cracked #held #open #sea

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock. ↗

— David R. Brower

#into #pumped #rock #solid #spread

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon? ↗

— David R. Brower

#bed #decides #gets #guy #happens

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle. ↗

— David R. Brower

#handle #just #otherwise #people #people say

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field. ↗

— David R. Brower

#another #aware #earth #field #gravitational