Millions of years ago the planet had a rich carbon dioxide atmosphere- it was very hot and plants grew like gang busters, turning the carbon into solid matter. This went on for millions of years and most of the dead plants got buried due to geologic movements and turned into materials from coal to crude to natural gas. As we burn these materials the carbon is re-released into the atmosphere. Many scientists think that this will cause the planet to re-warm.
Liberals, under the auspices of caring about the planet, don't want man to burn carbon fuels. So they restrict the exploitation of these fuels wherever they can. OPEC countries, run by dictators and socialists (comrades to liberals), tell the liberals publicly to pound sand. Democratic countries develop all kinds of restrictions. This reduces the supply, hence increase the price, and the dictators and socialists get rich. With all this extra money they attempt to expand their political influence by buying and building weapons, and generally making life miserable for democratic countries. Many wars have been fought over these now valuable resources resulting in the deaths of millions of innocent peoples in many countries.
Along comes nuclear power generation with a proven track record of safety and with zero carbon emissions, except for the tiny amount needed to mine and transport the fuel. Seeing this as a threat to their lock on the petroleum market, liberals-socialists have fought nuclear power since the 1960's.
