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Yes. Nuclear Is a threat to socialists/environmentalists because it would deprive them of an excellent source of political capital. Namely, the justifications required to artificially increase the price of energy, to pass regulation which controls the manufacture of goods, and to regulate lifestyles and culture.

All sectors of the economy depend on the energy sector. Control the energy sector means control of the entire economy.

I’m not saying that climate change isn’t a real threat, nor that scientists are wrong in their predictions, nor that we don’t have to make a change in how we produce energy. However, what makes environmentalism useful to the political class has nothing to do with the hard science behind energy, civilization, and the health of our planet. What the political class sees in this movement is the perfect set of excuses to increase the size of the central government.