Political Musings from "The Door"

I went to the Varsity movie theater to watch the live action short films that are up for nomination at the Oscars this year. What I liked about the short film, "The Door", was that it did not directly chide the Russian government for Chernobyl, though it did indirectly blame them. It also gave blame to the family who brought their daughter’s radioactive colored pencils away from the place, though it was forbidden that they bring any belongings with them. Of course, when the military shout through a megaphone, “Bringing any property with you is a major offense,” it does not exactly convey the same message as, “Your property is dangerous; it will kill you if you do not leave it here.”

I wonder what their leaders thought of them. Did they believe them to be unintelligent panicked animals who simply need to be herded from here to there, that they will go out of their way to disobey because they are dumb, and that scientific accidents regarding splitting the nucleus of atoms were above their understanding?

I’d like to know because we are considering seriously using nuclear power here in the United States, and if there are any accidents, as there was at Chernobyl, will we be told simply not to panic and that we must leave our personal property behind?

I wonder if we have fully explored other forms of energy that do not involve nuclear power, such as solar energy or electromagnetic energy, wind power, or bio-diesel?