Only U can save the climate

Talking at the book fair was fun, unusual, and overwhelming at the same time. I cannot remember the last time I was so nervous about something, so with that in mind, I feel quite happy about the result. While it is always hard to know what people actually take home with them, I hope I at least managed to challenge some established truths about climate mitigation. The questions I got afterwards suggested exactly that, as well as a genuine curiosity about my highly contrarian perspective. Still, even for me, expressing “nuclear pride” is incredibly difficult, given how entrenched certain misconceptions have become and how emotionally invested people are in existing mitigation strategies.

To my great joy, the adjacent hotel bar had “Gamma Rays” on tap, which felt like the perfect post-talk drink to share with my childhood friend Gabriel, who is visiting from Poland.