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Interesting that Wyoming is talking about banning the sales of EVs [1] to protect the oil and gas industry. By that logic, a pesky nuclear reactor would surely
by grecy 4y ago
Interesting that Wyoming is talking about banning the sales of EVs [1] to protect the oil and gas industry.
By that logic, a pesky nuclear reactor would surely also endanger their precious oil and gas profits....
[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3815311-wyoming-lawmakers-propose-ban-on-electric-vehicle-sales/ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3815311-wyoming-law...
- LinuxBender 4y agoI think its just virtue-signalling for the people soon to be out of work as the coal mines are slowly shutting down, also mentioned here [1] That said the state has little demand for EV's so probably not too many people noticed. Probably also to give some confidence to the oil investors but I am not an investment expert. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111
- puffoflogic 4y ago> a pesky nuclear reactor would surely also endanger their precious oil and gas profits (A), stop taking obviously unserious legislation seriously, it's a bad look. (B), they can comfortably rely on other jurisdictions having their heads shoved way too far up their own assholes that those other jurisdictions will not ever adopt nuclear, and will therefore remain reliable oil and gas customers.