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Is nuclear power better than coal and oil? Should we be pushing for a switch to nuclear to reduce global warming? Can we prevent WMD proliferation? Can we make nuclear safe? Can we justify the long time frame for dealing with waste? What about cost?
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We need some form of global government to deal with the following issues:

  • fishing, boat traffic and piracy in international waters
  • extraction of fresh water from rivers that cross national boundaries
  • cross-border pollution, especially air pollution
  • peacekeeping
  • control of multinational companies, especially in poor nations that do not have an adequate government to prevent exploitation of citizens
  • etc (please add to this list)

Such a government will probably arise out of the UN. I imagine a senate style government with representatives from each country, where the voting power held by each member is proportional to the number of people they represent - provided there is a functioning democratic structure that put them in place.


Eventually we could move on to a system with a number of members from each of the larger countries (roughly proportional to population) and a minimum of one member from smaller countries. This would require that the members from larger countries be directly elected rather than appointed by their respective national government.


Currently there is nothing to stop large businesses going into third world countries, extracting resources and not paying a fair amount to the citizens of that country, who ultimately own the resource. All they have to do is pay (bribe) the local government or militia enough.

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