[hgoel]

I don't think that's necessarily true, most of us on HN were probably aware of it as an option for a while considering that the main audience of the site is fairly "tech crazed". I wouldn't necessarily take that to mean he's succeeded in bringing this sort of thing to the attention of the masses.

Particularly since any of the other people who pretend to care about the climate haven't revised their weird "no nuclear" policy despite it all.