> If the climate change situation was really as dire as we're being told, we'd have nuclear coming out of our ears by now, and nothing whatsoever would be able to stop it.

The problem is that people aren't necessarily great at investing for the long term, especially if they think they'll be dead by the time the benefits arise.

> What's puzzling to me is why the opposite seems to be happening: some parts of the world shut down completely carbon neutral stuff and build things that are going to emit gigatons of CO2 for decades to come.

Because of flawed optics on nuclear, mostly.