Too expensive up front to the point it requires centralization and top down organizing, which cannot be responsibly done in a market system. Requires a ton of money and resources to keep going too. A lot of the pro-nuclear media you consume are generally backed by people like Richard Branson, which deserves some sober consideration.
It also has other indirect effects including concrete, transport, and mining. Don’t forget the really long construction times.
Ideally, sure maybe that’s the best way. But if we’re looking down the barrel of global collapse during neoliberal mismanagement, any organized efforts to make nuclear happen won’t do.
I’m frankly not that surprised. The city and especially the surrounding areas in LI have always had some of the most conservative and fascist populations in the country. There’s something uniquely dangerous about the thin blue line Italian American crowd.
Gotta say though I’m not sure if this covers surgical masks but more ski masks, which are also not uncommon to see.