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I'm not sure if MS is still on the site, so I'll take a stab at answering. Maybe pronuclear folk don't need to be as strong as the antis. We just need to be smarter. Those who are pronuclear are occasionally willing to listen to the 5 minute answer rather than the 20 second sound bite. Which is why TED talks, public lectures, and private discussions can work so well.

If energy subsidies are eliminated, nuclear has great long-term Energy Return On Income and has always had superior Energy Return on Energy Invested. So industry does have an interest in nuclear. The trick is getting the public to listen to the longer explanation.

Many scientists have known much of this for decades. http://nucleargreen.blogspot.com/2015/12/alvin-weinberg-speak-to-our-time.html Now we just need to keep adding to the list of those that are willing to be publicly identified as pronuclear. https://bravenewclimate.com/2014/12/15/an-open-letter-to-environmentalists-on-nuclear-energy/

Though Dr. Wolff might have a much better answer than I, it's likely self-preservation. Mainstream economists are experts in capitalism, on other subjects they might be educated idiots. If society moves to cooperatives instead of top-down capitalism, many of those experts will be out of work similar to financial clerks (computer spreadsheets) or auto workers (robotics).

Is Ecomodernism going to have an impact on government policy or even the environmental movement?

Who are the best scientists that can communicate the issues and point towards likely solutions. Is there a barometer of progress (maybe the CIPK) by which to judge results?

As many others did, I became more interested in economics after 2007. Wanting society to recover & rebuild, I also became interested in the energy sector as a building block for modern society. How do you view NY's recent subsidy for clean energy which includes nuclear? How can any energy source compete when some energy producers (renewables) are consistently given subsidies (prepayments through taxes!) that allow wholesale energy prices actually go negative sometimes?