New posts have been slow in coming, and for that I apologize - pete and I have both been rather busy this weekend. The worst part is that this post is unlikely to sate your voracious hunger for environmental news and commentary since it is nothing more than a challenge to readers to produce environmental commentary of their own...

I've been thinking for a while now about writing on nuclear power as a possible part of the solution to the carbon emission problem. A recent discussion (argument?) on the Gristmill dealt with this topic as well, and it appears that everybody has an opinion. Except me.

Here are a few examples, straight off the ol' blogroll (which has a couple new additions, by the way): Compostlandia, Stephen Gloor, WorldChanging

My challenge to you, dear readers, is to answer the heretofore unanswered call in my comment from the above Gristmill discussion. That is, I would like to see someone out there put together (or find) a relatively objective, cradle to grave examination of the nuclear process. Objectivity doesn't mean that your piece can't end with a sweeping conclusion about the overall good or evil of nukes, it just means that you'll give reasonable consideration to both the positives and negatives of expanding our nuclear program.

If anyone should feel the desire to answer this call, but doesn't have their own blog on which to post the finished product, I happily offer up our "user blogs" (note, you must be registered and signed in to access your user blog). Your piece would certainly get bumped to the front page.