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I’m with you on nuclear, I’m just pessimistic it’s possible today politically. I wish we all pulled a France back in the 60s, but it seems like the window on that has closed.

>>lovecg+(OP)
The main thing preventing nuclear is lobbying from fossil fuel energy companies and petroleum exporting countries. You often hear anti-nuclear claims from environmental groups, but follow the money and see who is financing them:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-9-2022-00127...

But they lobby against anything that could practically reduce dependence on fossil fuels, not just nuclear. If you want to do anything about it you have to overcome that.

>>lovecg+(OP)
France in the 60s was a repressive colonial power with access to Uranium via their colonies.

I certainly hope we have learned the horrors of colonialism and won’t repeat that disastrous period.