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Let's not forget the close ties between German politicians and Gazprom executives, among other issues..
by formerkrogemp 4y ago
Let's not forget the close ties between German politicians and Gazprom executives, among other issues..
- pfdietz 4y agoYes, I'm sure the near universal failure of nuclear to compete around the world is due to a conspiracy in Germany.
- Ekaros 4y agoI blame the Green movement. Those people really just wanted to destroy the planet. Not limit global change...
- pfdietz 4y agoI see. The Green movement is globally all powerful, and you explain away the fact that the world is still not a Green utopia by saying the Green movement isn't actually Green. This is awesome mental gymnastics! The alternate explanation is that nuclear is a sick technology, and the Green movement is not responsible for its failure. Nuclear was so weak even a group as feckless as the Greens could have success against it.
- robertlagrant 4y agoGreenpeace etc have long protested against nuclear, and have boogeymanned their way into the public consciousness on this topic. It's conceivably set us back decades and released millions of extra tons of CO2 in the process.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoThey have done sone damage, but you cannot lay the entire problem at their feet. Do you think lobby from fossil fuel companies just sat on their hands all this time?
- pfdietz 4y agoA classic correlation/causation confusion. Yes, Greenpeace complained about fission. No, that doesn't mean they caused fission's failure. If there's many billions of dollars in value to be created, that will trump anything a NGO can whine about. That's why we're still burning so much fossil fuel. Nuclear was vulnerable because it wasn't creating value.