Climate change denial and the anti nuclear movement


A work in progress, and a page on energy issues

 

A number of discussions in which I've been involved recently have converged on a rather radical thought...

 

The anti nuclear power movement is a classic case of climate change denial

 

Yes, I did say radical!

 

Climate change denial no longer means denial that climate change is real or that it's being caused by human activity. It has become a political term with much wider application, like fascist or communist.

 

See Taxonomy_of_climate_change_denial for some various uses of the term! This broadening has been largely promoted by the Green side of politics of course.

 

They may come to regret that. And perhaps they are already! See Soft_climate_change_denial, a relatively recent article at Wikipedia. 

 

Because, if it's that broad a term, aren't the Greens, in their opposition to nuclear power regardless of the environmental impacts of abandoning it, also themselves guilty of a form of climate change denial? See Energy reality and what happens when you do not go nuclear.

 

The best argument for nuclear power is and always has been environmental. This was true even in the days before the "environmental" movement existed, before the events leading up to the Montreal_Protocol showed how fragile our environment is, and especially, before greenhouse gas became a concern.

 

And that has not changed. Just the opposite. And the more climate change has become a concern, the more nuclear power as an essential part of any solution has become the elephant in the room.

 

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And expect more of them....