The whole of our civilization depends upon the production and use of energy. But there is not a single viable energy source that Environmentalism does not attack. Environmentalists are against burning coal and oil to generate electricity or to power our transportation. They claim it causes too much pollution and contributes to an alleged global warming. Though there is no scientific consensus that the latter is true, or even that it would be harmful if it were true, environmentalists are demanding that fossil fuels' use be stopped or severely reduced.
Environmentalists are also against energy generated by nuclear plants.
They claim nuclear power is unsafe and a threat to our lives. But the fact is that there are over four hundred nuclear plants in operation around the world, which have been safely producing electricity for forty years. France, for example, gets over seventy five percent of its electricity from nuclear power. The famous incident in Chernobyl, used to discredit nuclear power, was the consequence of a disintegrating, corrupt and negligent Communist government. It did not reflect an intrinsic lack of safety in nuclear plants, but an intrinsic lack of safety in Communist rule.