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Climate denialists are completely acceptable and don't disguise themselves, one of them is the POTUS. The last thing the oil and shale industry needs are an exp
by yholio 7y ago
Climate denialists are completely acceptable and don't disguise themselves, one of them is the POTUS. The last thing the oil and shale industry needs are an expansion of nuclear capacity, directly threatening their booming gas electric generator business.
The nuclear shills are owned by the nuclear industry itself, which is strongly pushing for renewed subsidies and government support for an activity that, due to irrational fear of the public, cannot currently compete. The renewable industry has it's own shills, often disguised as climate scientists, often very concerned about the carbon footprint of reactor building while conveniently forgetting the same factors for the much less dense and more material intensive renewable generators.
Basically, we cannot pretend that any political decision which affects industries worth billions of dollars be free from corporate PR and outright disinformation. There is no David vs Goliath here, everyone is shilling.
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoAnother good case in point. We seem to agree that Trump is on the wrong side of this issue. Yet one of his moves was to extend support for nuclear and coal. Maybe the nuclear was there just to make the handouts to the coal industry seem less obscenely fatalistic, but some Republican state senators recently rolled back investments in basically every green power idea, including efficiency while extending support for nuclear. Nuclear seems to have some dodgy friends.