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Environmentalists fought against nuclear power for 70 years. The result? We burned coal. So I’m not interested. You wanted the world to burn. So let it burn.
by 6f8986c3 5y ago
Environmentalists fought against nuclear power for 70 years. The result? We burned coal.
So I’m not interested. You wanted the world to burn. So let it burn.
- Avamander 5y agoHow much of that has actually been environmentalists and not a result of intentional deceptive tactics and undermining of public education by fossil fuel companies?
- 6f8986c3 5y agoMost of it has been environmentalists.
- bavent 5y agoCan you provide some evidence of that?
- robotresearcher 5y agoNot evidence of relative magnitude, but here's a high profile green org that is explicitly anti-nuclear: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/nuclear-power-is-a-losing-proposition/ https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/nuclear-power-is-a-losing-pro...
- nradov 5y agoMost of the effective opposition has come not from environmentalists per se, but rather from NIMBYs who don't want to live near a nuclear plant. After the incidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima it's difficult to convince local residents that newer designs are inherently very safe. Even if they support nuclear power in principle they want it built somewhere else.
- justshowpost 5y agoThis! You nailed it. Actually, the best practical example is environmentalists-crawled Germany vs. energy-exporting France.