Why do 'environmentalists' recoil in horror at the safest, cheapest, cleanest energy available to us? Maybe it's because the movement's leaders care more about killing capitalism than they do about science or economic progress. By JEFF RHODES VP for News & Information
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ew things perplex scientists who’ve taken the time to carefully study nuclear energy more than the unwavering opposition to it from liberals in general and selfprofessed environmentalists in particular. Where they make their mistake is in applying the metrics of logic to an ideology whose adherents care only about political clout and long ago learned to assume any pleasing form needed to advance their core objectives. “America's liberal leaders are torn between fighting climate change and resisting nuclear power,” noted Axios climate reporter Amy Harder in 2017. “The nuclear power industry, which provides the U.S. nearly two-thirds of its carbon-free electricity, is reaching an inflection point,” she wrote. “Several power plants are shutting down under economic duresss, which is putting
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