Mostly true. But nuclear — however carbon-friendly — is also a very high-tech, capital and technology intensive option for which poorer countries broadly lack financial resources, expertise, and infrastructure. And it still involves a substantial initial investment of inexpensive net energy, for which the only currently available source is fossil fuels. And permanent, safe storage of radioactive waste is a persistent challenge, requiring — again — a substantial initial input of capital, expertise, and embodied energy.

Permaculture design, conversely, is low-tech, scalable, and adaptable to every bioregion on the planet. And it provides design solutions from the start that address immediate needs first (food, shelter, local autonomy, and community) while simultaneously sowing the seeds of a regenerative culture that is symbiotic with, rather than parasitic upon, our biological support system, the Earth.