This is the way. Nuclear is actually one of the safer energy sources, and one of the more reliable. It's also more expensive than most renewables. As always it comes down to local conditions and situations that favor one power source over another - like countries with lots of geothermal that can be exploited or solar probably won't go nuclear.

It has that low death rate precisely because it is heavily regulated.

The typical nuclear booster argument works on the following circular logic:

"Nuclear is perfectly safe."

"But that's not the problem with nuclear. The problem with nuclear is its too expensive."

"Nuclear is expensive because it's overly regulated!"

"But nuclear is only safe because of those heavy regulations!"

"We would have everything powered by nuclear by now if it weren't for Greenpeace."

That's not my point and I'm already aware.

The alternative is not necessarily oil.

Low blow on West Virginia. Cool state and nice people. Hoping to move there someday.

Who's pretending they're safe? The only pretending I see in the meme is about nuclear. But if you want to argue with something I didn't say, have at it I guess.