3 ms·
bloomberg has an anti-renewables article at least once a week since, I dunno, 1 year or so? It's ridiculous. No one hates renewables generally, anywhere, this
by hootbootscoot 7y ago
bloomberg has an anti-renewables article at least once a week since, I dunno, 1 year or so?
It's ridiculous.
No one hates renewables generally, anywhere, this is largely a propaganda item being pushed by big oil.
Bloomberg should show some leadership instead.
Cue last weeks study in which offshore wind farm development even in only the select windiest stretches of global coastline provide over 30 trillion megawatt hours, aka about 10 trillion more than projected demand for next year or the year after, I forget which.
Cue Mark Carney, governor of Bank of England saying that the companies that don't adapt to the climate crisis fast enough will go bankrupt, as it will cost increasingly more the longer one waits.
He also suggested, vis-a-vis the current state of the global economy and downturn concerns trade war etc, that this is actually the PERFECT time to invest in Green New Deals everywhere, lot's of investment, big projects, now, keep that balloon open and use that momentum to effect the necessary change NOW!
- jdsully 7y ago> No one hates renewables generally, anywhere, this is largely a propaganda item being pushed by big oil. I think this is more reflective of your acquaintances than society than society at large. There is a large contingent of people who really don't want windmills anywhere near them. I've met them in person and heard the complaints. None of them worked for big oil.
- recursivecaveat 7y agoI don't know if you've ever lived in a windmill region, but everybody hates them if its in their backyard. I support green energy, but god forbid it 'desecrate' a field within 40km of my property. Suddenly every rinky-dink town has a unique cultural character and every backwoods is a natural habitat for endangered species. Nobody can take even a little responsibility for the problems of society, its always make somebody else pay for it.