I didn’t know the author Zubrin is into this subject matter. I thought he was only involved in trying to get our space program focused on Mars. It is good to see a voice of reason. The strangest thing to me is Merkel’s background is as a scientist (phd in physical chemistry) and yet she shuts down their (carbon friendly) nuclear energy plants over fears since the Fukushima disaster. That never made sense to me. I guess you need a liberal mindset to understand it.
She is a politician first and will go with the crowd no matter what her training.