The whole problem with energy is that almost all of them have risks. Without nuclear, is there any way to meet growing energy demand without burning carbon? We KNOW that will raise temperatures and sea levels, and hence deaths for those populations living on thin margins (the poor). It is just diffuse.

I am going to step on the third rail here. The chief factor in growth of energy demand in first world countries is population growth. Every person wants the freedom to do things at a whim (which for most of the US is make a trip in a car to go somewhere), and travel. That is why the past year has been so hard and why people are so whiny.