[SoftTalker]

> The people who were opposed to the environmentalist worldview were in favor of nuclear, but also in favor of fossil fuel generation

Yes, I agree there were (and still are) people with that view. I said "contributed to" not "the sole cause of"

But I distinctly remember very organized activisim opposing nuclear power in the 1970s. I don't recall much if any opposing new coal plants. I'm sure there was some but they didn't make many headlines.

[hathchip]

> I don't recall much if any opposing new coal plants.

I can't argue with your subjective recollections, but this is not by any means an accurate picture of environmentalism historically. Acid rain in West Germany (caused by burning coal) is pretty much ground zero of environmentalism as a politically organized force.