Today you may be outraged by the $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow project in Alaska. Two months ago you may have been outraged by the destruction of the tiny west German village of Lützerath for coal extraction.
But if you will also oppose, or rather fail to actively support, investment in nuclear electricity generation, you are just as guilty of the perpetuation of fossil fuel extraction as any oil tycoon, or coal baron.
It is a delusion to pretend that wind and solar will end our dependence on fossil fuel. Hell, in Europe gas companies are running romantic ad campaigns depicting gas and “renewables” holding hands for the next two hundred years! Much of the funding for anti-nuclear advocacy comes from the fossil fuel industry because nuclear fission really does have the capacity to displace fossil fuels. And those same interests pour money into groups promoting wind and solar BECAUSE they know those investments will never threaten their business.
Nuclear is the ONLY technology we have, that we can practically develop and expand that can, and will displace fossil fuel use. And if you are helping stand in the way of that, I hope you will eventually figure out that you are standing with coal, and oil and gas.