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Yeah, I think nuclear is underutilised, and has gotten a pretty unfair reputation.
Alas I am not banking on scientific breakthroughs-- so much of this is money driven and people with power and money are much more interested in maintaining the status quo than serious investment in green technology. Sure they'll buy a few windmills or something-- greenwashing, like you said. I'm torn whether to think nuclear has a chance in India. Its pretty clear it doesn't in the states, with all the anti nuclear propaganda.

All of this said I have a complicated relationship with the nature of change. I don't believe someone going vegan, switching their energy provider, recycling, cycling to work, shopping local wherever they can, avoiding single use plastics, etc. truly does anything. But these are all things I've been doing for years. I remember my grandmother laughing (like, proper laughing) when I told her about the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and my veganism. She laughed SO HARD six years ago. She's now been vegan since January.
At the March earlier this month, an activist asked me if I knew what eating meat was doing to the planet. Of course I do-- but I was so happy to see it beiing discussed! I think the change is really palpable in this regard.
My point here is that we look at all these little actions and think they do fuck all, but they cast waves around them that CAN have a great impact. My point being that if smaller, 'wealthier' countries make environmental changes, will we see other, larger polluters do the same?

In the meantime I think you're right. We have to stop buying from China.