CTRL+F "climate" - Phrase not found. This is saddening. But hey, at least blockchain is present!
"Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments." He's literally funding clean energy.
And even if this year's list didn't have that in the list, let's celebrate someone doing good instead of lobbing stones from the sidelines about how they didn't do it the exact way we would have.
Another one is about small scale nuclear reactors.
So it this just about the term? It the people?
It’s not very environmental directed, but not everything has to be.
Also, not everyone has to frame and align every single one of their actions in accordance with the "progressive" view.
You can personally attack me with any one of the "certain" labels in the arsenal. But you can also choose to argue in good faith.
[1]: e.g. https://www.greenamerica.org/fight-dirty-energy/amazon-build...
Yeah, this is one of the things I really hate about my side of the aisle. It's stupid, unscientific, and just plain uninformed. Nuclear energy is one of our best, most actually viable ways out of this mess. (File with: GMO crops, 'chemicals', etc.)
I found this 2020 survey by Pew Research which I think paints a more realistic picture [1]. It has a larger sample size [2], and IMO it asks a more objective/specific question.
Among "Conservative Republicans", 59% responded that they support expanding nuclear power plants, in contrast with 35% of "Liberal Democrats". Interestingly, for "Mod/lib Republicans", that number is also below 50%.
You might have a point though. My personal observation is that there has been a slight shift among the progressives, but not as much as the graph by ecoAmerica suggests.
[1]: https://archive.is/2iEHj#selection-1253.0-1253.154
[2]: I think the sample size is 10,957.
And an even bigger one:
> Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments.
This piece is on the fellowship, and the article says: “To date, companies created by Thiel Fellows are together valued at more than $46.8 billion, excluding Ethereum which is valued at $450 billion.”