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There have been plenty of environmental disasters caused by oil production and that's still going strong. Ongoing use of coal for power production emits radiat
by andbberger 5y ago
There have been plenty of environmental disasters caused by oil production and that's still going strong. Ongoing use of coal for power production emits radiation far exceeding that of Chernobyl and that's still going strong.
Is it really political kryptonite or is that the oil lobby owns all of the politicians
- mekkkkkk 5y agoI'd argue that it's both. Not that the lobbyists need to do much more than slight nudging with a sprinkle of fear mongering. Regarding the comparison with other power production methods, you are most certainly right about fossil fuels causes more harm than nuclear. Facing climate disaster it's hard to argue otherwise. Unfortunately nuclear hazards in the form of accidents are much more ominous. Invisible, immediate and easily measured. It's just a scary technology.
- Zigurd 5y agoOil extraction is impressive as hell in terms of the capital that goes into it. It entails some of the most amazing engineering ever done. But the fact is that renewables capex is now almost as big and growing about as fast, at 15%, as oil capex is declining.