NIMBY is a real thing, and you’re right: the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters weigh heavy in the public’s mind. Donning my tinfoil hat, I’d almost wager that the oil industry did a smear job on nuclear, similar to how marijuana was smeared by cigarette companies.
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
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