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Is there a conspiracy against nuclear energy? (2020)

elmerfud 6y ago
Using the word conspiracy is one of those words that there has been a conspiracy against. Multiple organizations, most likely acting independently, have conspired to make articles that use the word be instinctively be viewed as fringe and nutty. Nonetheless, it's often used appropriately. This article just says business truths. Rent collectors, of any kind, will spend money to spread FUD about competition that has a product to achieve the same outcomes by a different root path. This happens because it's usually cheaper to take that option, or it drives short term gains/profit, instead of investing in an o long-term better way. Business people, doing business things. Busting rent collectors is difficult, in the US and world wide because the people who are being lobbied also make the laws about how they can be lobbied.
basicplus2 6y ago
It is not a conspiracy to do anything in ones power (eg voting) to prevent the use of nuclear fission energy production because one believes that such energy production will not be sufficiently safe.
- ericdanielski 6y ago
  Absolutely right. The referendum in Taiwan is the best example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Taiwanese_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Taiwanese_referendum
drannex 6y ago
The actual article this is a comment to, is far better: https://zionlights.medium.com/nuclear-and-nature-the-love-story-no-one-wants-to-tell-50ceb0890a40#id_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImQ5NDZiMTM3NzM3Yjk3MzczOGU1Mjg2YzIwOGI2NmU3YTM5ZWU3YzEiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.FGioTwHXmSgGb_7T5Hic5m97XCtn9zn4mvs7BVhtV_7322BEPsRG_hEH0ybPYmccLF64z3z8OBn3fxYgjgrO5Ap7pqJrwEwBW26vAzSOfIJkCUsRKHPzpL7hviqHd5QNM9VuYm3FV52NbmqOYyA4NVd4sIabmmGKjFtYM2omsj0LvfymUfxbTOlpIyhM72Fr9QHf0oRiCss-Dp_uc5bl1c2TR2S2CNRbc9dW7RqDNt2q1xwf6CqnyIkwIT59z_IIPlLilDmDNKMAAKufbmun0X1OIDecP-stFK1nZlcCK4QuCibRmDC0Kl9oiSuRlNBUJq6C8zFE6u-_8-M0YoNEwA https://zionlights.medium.com/nuclear-and-nature-the-love-st...
- ericdanielski 6y ago
  Thank you for the advice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25898051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25898051

Using the word conspiracy is one of those words that there has been a conspiracy against. Multiple organizations, most likely acting independently, have conspired to make articles that use the word be instinctively be viewed as fringe and nutty. Nonetheless, it's often used appropriately. This article just says business truths. Rent collectors, of any kind, will spend money to spread FUD about competition that has a product to achieve the same outcomes by a different root path. This happens because it's usually cheaper to take that option, or it drives short term gains/profit, instead of investing in an o long-term better way. Business people, doing business things. Busting rent collectors is difficult, in the US and world wide because the people who are being lobbied also make the laws about how they can be lobbied.

basicplus2 6y ago

It is not a conspiracy to do anything in ones power (eg voting) to prevent the use of nuclear fission energy production because one believes that such energy production will not be sufficiently safe.

ericdanielski 6y ago
Absolutely right. The referendum in Taiwan is the best example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Taiwanese_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Taiwanese_referendum

drannex 6y ago

The actual article this is a comment to, is far better: https://zionlights.medium.com/nuclear-and-nature-the-love-story-no-one-wants-to-tell-50ceb0890a40#id_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImQ5NDZiMTM3NzM3Yjk3MzczOGU1Mjg2YzIwOGI2NmU3YTM5ZWU3YzEiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.FGioTwHXmSgGb_7T5Hic5m97XCtn9zn4mvs7BVhtV_7322BEPsRG_hEH0ybPYmccLF64z3z8OBn3fxYgjgrO5Ap7pqJrwEwBW26vAzSOfIJkCUsRKHPzpL7hviqHd5QNM9VuYm3FV52NbmqOYyA4NVd4sIabmmGKjFtYM2omsj0LvfymUfxbTOlpIyhM72Fr9QHf0oRiCss-Dp_uc5bl1c2TR2S2CNRbc9dW7RqDNt2q1xwf6CqnyIkwIT59z_IIPlLilDmDNKMAAKufbmun0X1OIDecP-stFK1nZlcCK4QuCibRmDC0Kl9oiSuRlNBUJq6C8zFE6u-_8-M0YoNEwA https://zionlights.medium.com/nuclear-and-nature-the-love-st...

ericdanielski 6y ago
Thank you for the advice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25898051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25898051