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First of all, there's no such thing as the 'Warmist' community. If you start by looking for views you disagree with, confirmation bias will produce a view of th
by matthewdgreen 12y ago
First of all, there's no such thing as the 'Warmist' community. If you start by looking for views you disagree with, confirmation bias will produce a view of the community that corresponds to your pre-conceived notions. In reality, many activists understand that nuclear baseload is a huge piece of any decarbonization strategy.
As to the methane issue, there are a number of scientists who think about it quite a bit -- and probably don't sleep much as a result. The problem is that two decades of intense lobbying and industry pressure have taught mainstream scientists to be incredibly conservative about their predictions. If the IPCC started including methane releases in their predictions, they'd be quickly torn to pieces for promoting speculative theories.
As for the nuclear stuff: if you're just looking for an excuse to not to care about climate change -- then go ahead and don't care about it! You're well aware that the main policy proposal on the table is a carbon tax of some sort and that such a policy would benefit both renewables and nuclear -- basically any technology that doesn't use the atmosphere as a waste dump.