Seeing lots of takes about nuclear power and its opponents. Yes, nuclear power could be an important element of a climate solution. Yes, the world needs to build more nuclear power plants. But it's absurd to blame environmental activists for the fact that it hasn't happened yet.https://twitter.com/moms4nuclear/status/1304473231743574016 …
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The 2nd reason, especially valid in the US, is the influence of the oil & coal lobbies. The US had the means to fully embrace nuclear power, but the reason it hasn't has little to do with public opinion or environmentalism. It was already under-investing before Chernobyl.
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The one country that has really embraced nuclear electricity is France. This has happened despite a significant "green" movement. The primary motivation there has been achieving energy independence -- an argument that doesn't work for a coal & oil producing country like the US.
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In conclusion... Outside perhaps Germany and Japan, the anti-nuclear movement has had very little influence on adoption. If you want to the world to adopt nuclear energy, you have to focus on the actual reasons why that hasn't happened yet, not on some imaginary opponent.
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This is not the case for, say, Germany.
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