> simply to prevent nuclear reactors from being built. How? For what purpose?

If a country has sufficient nuclear energy then they are immune from international energy politics.

Two, I see that the oligarch class is using global warming alarmism as the driving narrative to move everyone to a carbon credit system, where payouts go to an unaccountable transnational elite.

Ironically, I believe that once the incentive structure is in place, there will be institutional force to keep you buying carbon (offsets) credits… forever.