Not all of them were old. All of them were white. All of them were men. All of them were men of means with much to lose and, from the point of view of the British Crown, knowingly and publicly signed a document amounting to a declaration of war and suborning treason. In so doing they were...
Let me guess - “a true conservative would have told everyone to suck it up butter cup.” Every one is a virtual hero until the responsibility is theirs.
Nuclear is the way to go though it is likely to expensive to be the 100% solution for power generation we should target getting it up to roughly 33% of our power generation from the current 19%. This is an excellent TED talk on the benefits to include environmental of nuclear.