[cranekam]

We need political will and regulation. A carbon tax will dissuade emitting carbon and steer investment into low carbon technology. Unfortunately, given our short-term political landscape, this looks highly unlikely to happen.

Nuclear: yes, it’s a huge shame that nuclear is in decline. Not sure how much is due to environmentalists over people being generally scared of the technology. The Fukushima disaster didn’t help its popularity.

[donw]

Fukushima happened in 2011. The global anti-nuclear movement has been fighting tooth-and-nail against nuclear power since the 1970s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_anti-nuclear_mo...