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The clamour for action — almost any action — will stampede governments into foolishness. The problem is more complicated than it seems, while the legal framework for control is neglected.
Radioactive fallout and depletion of the ozone layer, once believed catastrophic consequences of nuclear war, are now proved unimportant in comparison to immediate war damage. Today, “nuclear winter” is claimed to have apocalyptic effects. Uncertainties in massive smoke production and in meteorological phenomena give reason to doubt this conclusion.
Neutrinos now seem to be poor candidates to supply the mass to close the Universe. Cosmologists should now deal with an observation suggesting that the problem of the missing mass is illusory.
