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Unfortunately, the same NIMBY crowd that hates nuclear also hates the idea of fields of solar cells and the idea of fields of wind farms.
by politician 6y ago
Unfortunately, the same NIMBY crowd that hates nuclear also hates the idea of fields of solar cells and the idea of fields of wind farms.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoAnd yet, renewables account for almost all new generation being turned up. Turns out there are lots of places to install panels and turbines where there aren’t NIMBYs. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=46416 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=46416
- yellowapple 6y agoThere are also lots of places to build nuclear power plants without NIMBYs. Point being, NIMBYs often have a rather inflated idea of what counts as "in my back yard".