I think it's not helpful that...
...for instance, Geoff believes that one of Gore's principle motivations is to find ways to restrict economic growth.
But on everything on which people can have opinions, the bell-shaped curve has those ends on either side that trail out to nowhere. If you need a culprit for American's fear of nukes you could do worse than the Toho production company that came up with Gojira. But then, perhaps the Japanese have an excuse for being a little irrational about nukes.