That campaign discussed in the news report could, in my opinion, probably be classified in the “too dumb to be dangerous” category.

On the other hand,

If I remember correctly,

One oil company oriented group was and might still be trying to get an elementary school agenda developed that would try to brainwash children into believing that global warming was a dangerous myth.

I myself have not seen enough data to draw any positive conclusions regarding whether or not the global warming theories have been proved conclusively. There are probably enough data out there to actually come to some conclusions. But I have simply not had time to research the matter.

However, I do agree completely with people who are proposing that if global warming is real, then the longer we wait to do something about it the more irreversible damage there will probably be to the environment and to human health etc.

I am also an extremely strong supporter of efforts to develop new sources of environmentally safe, affordable energy regardless of whether or not the global warming problems are real. We have a world that is starving for energy. And that energy shortage is holding back economies around the world including the U.S. economy. We need to spend a lot more time, energy, and money on solving the problem. Drilling for more oil won’t be much of a help.

As a side note,

If I understood the news reports correctly, Japan just announced that its last operational nuclear power plant has now been shut down.

In my opinion, used properly, nuclear power can be a valuable source of energy. Not used properly it can be extremely dangerous as that 2011 earthquake in Japan demonstrated (once again).

For interesting reading on the subject there is a book that was published a number of years ago titled “We almost lost Detroit” by John Fuller.

The book’s discussion of the abysmal history of the nuclear power industry along with the discussion of what happened at that one nuclear power plant in the Detroit area should be enough to frighten anyone.

I read the book a long time ago. But if I remember correctly, it was a somewhat experimental breeder reactor, probably one of the first ever. Something inside the reactor broke loose and clogged the cooling pipes and jammed things up. And I seem to remember that they couldn’t even tell what was causing the problem because of an oversight. The addition of that particular material to the reactor had not been included in the blueprints for the reactor. As a consequence, they didn’t even know it was there until they stuck a camera into the reactor and saw it. I would have to read the book again to make certain of that.

Talk about recklessly dangerous nuclear plant technology!

A report I read about blunders associated with the Three Mile Island fiasco was also quite interesting.

These are personal opinions.