Nuclear?
No, that's a rational solution, hence it must be discarded. It goes against the idea that Al Gore's head is the center of the universe, around which all things revolve, devolve, dissolve...
We are witnessing a re-feudalizing of the globe under a new catholic (small c) faith. Capitalism is, for these new theocrats, the light that failed. Gaia will provide. She is Good.