Environment & Energy

In the actually existing world we really live in, renewable energy is rapidly developing to provide an obtainable transition to sustainable clean energy.

Nuclear plant buildout is slow and extremely expensive, and we don’t have the ability to safely manage the operation or the generated nuclear waste from thousands of additional nuclear plants. But we don’t need so many nuclear plants, because we are rapidly building many thousands of renewable plants along with improved electric grids to provide clean, reliable energy.

Also, you have it exactly backwards: Most fans of renewable energy do care very much about reducing use of fossil fuels, but don’t think much about nuclear energy at all because it can only provide a limited amount of energy in a safe and manageable way and doesn’t easily scale up like solar and wind energy. In fact, the nuclear industry would likely collapse if it wasn't heavily subsidized by governments that support it as an adjunct to nuclear weapons development.

Eleanor Roosevelt would understand all this. She would doubtless be an ardent supporter of renewable energy and would encourage nuclear bros to give up their dismal dystopian dreams.