The fact of the matter is that solar and wind literally cannot satisfy current power demands, and both have their own problems as well. More importantly, the production of the generators is far from carbon-neutral and as it stands right now requires materials largely flowing into the country by way of imperialism. "Green tech" is a grift that was never going to save us.

The reason people are looking at nuclear is because it may be the best of a bunch of bad options for reliable energy. As weather becomes more extreme wind and solar will increasingly just not be an option for large -scale energy production.