Carbon Tax

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I support, but the idea that it can work as a cure all and all other decarbonisation programs will be rendered irrelevant is utopian fiction. For starters, the carbon price would have to be raised to pretty extreme levels.

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The nuclear argument annoys me because it is so irrelevant. The electricity sector in general, is by far the easiest part of the economy to decarbonise: not only that, but there's actually a whole host of ways to do it even with modern technology(The other irritating thing is when people talk about baseload power being necessary). We've reached a stage where most mature economies (with a few exceptions) will essentially shed their fossil plants with very little government intervention required; and increasingly the third world too is starting to go off the idea.

No the tricky parts (in order of increasing difficulty) will be: transport (especially aviation), buildings and space heating, industry, waste treatment, agriculture and land usage. Even the biggest nuclear program in the world will do jack against those ills. Many countries are starting to see their emissions reductions plateau after they've taken out the low hanging fruit - the coal plants - and are now stuck with stubbornly high emissions from their vehicle fleet or underinvestment in their housing stock.

(That said nuclear has a place, but there is only one real way to save the nuclear industry via a sensible solution: the carbon tax itself)