I get the sense that Nuclear energy is inevitably going to be the future of the West, especially given recent advancements and safety improvements in the tech (

I get the sense that Nuclear energy is inevitably going to be the future of the West, especially given recent advancements and safety improvements in the tech (mitigating meltdowns, less radioactive waste, better efficiency, etc). It seems like old ideas about nuclear energy being scary and dangerous are sticking around stubbornly though, and as a result countries radically cutting fossil fuel use who are not replacing it with nuclear are struggling. Pile the rise of electric cars on top of that and you have a situation like some places in the West where the common position for a largely disengaged, ordinary individual who wants to be compassionate and socially aware is essentially a position of anti-industrialism. One could be forgiven if they assumed leadership of such places is intentionally disrupting the ability of the countries to continue growing, or even to maintain existing functioning institutions. What's more, the people doing their best to limit growth and move toward deindustrialization don't believe what they're selling in regards to the planet and its future.