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I'm skeptical 'big oil' campaigned against nuclear. Oil doesn't compete for power generation, fossil fuel power is mostly from coal and natural gas. I would t

• aksss 6y ago
  Hydrocarbons have nothing to worry about, even with nuclear. We are running into fossil fuels (our global usage is still climbing at a rapid pace), we have not flatlined, much less started to bend the curve downwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkj_91IJVBk&t=760s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkj_91IJVBk&t=760s
• Turing_Machine 6y ago
  Err... natural gas (the largest component of current U.S. power generation) is produced by the exact same big oil companies, for the most part. The three largest natural gas producers in the United States are ExxonMobil, BP, and ConocoPhillips. Also, before the Arab Oil Embargo hit in 1973 (causing oil prices to skyrocket) a significant amount (though not a majority by any means) of the U.S. electric grid was oil-fired.
• TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
  What will it take to convince you of the facts? https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-gas-lobby-opposes-state-subsidies-for-nuclear-power-producers-1493145109 https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-gas-lobby-opposes-state-sub... That should also give you some terms to search for other sources too if you feel compelled.
• dcolkitt 6y ago
  Maybe Big Oil was afraid of nuclear powered cars.[1] (Okay, this is mostly a joke...) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon