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> We can't just give the planet a bunch of money and have it produce more oil for us to burn when we're uncomfortable Yes, but we can try to do something about
by Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago
> We can't just give the planet a bunch of money and have it produce more oil for us to burn when we're uncomfortable
Yes, but we can try to do something about those "Green" activists who prevent the proliferation of the cleanest power on Earth: nuclear energy. Look at what did they do to Germany!
- pandemicsoul 4y agoGreen activists are the only reason we have any green energy at all.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoWell, if it weren't for green activists, we'd probably be exclusively using nuclear power at this point, so we'd be in a much better spot for green energy
- LargeWu 4y agoThe coal and oil industries have been quietly bankrolling anti-nuclear efforts for decades under the guise of safety. It's a prime example of astroturfing.
- SamPatt 4y agoThis I highly doubt. Especially when it comes to solar, for which there are many reasons to adopt apart from environmental concerns.
- Teknoman117 4y agoTrue or not, I would totally believe that the people who are so anti-nuclear they don't want any further research done into the subject are probably being funded by the fossil fuel industry.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoJust a few links I gathered some time ago when discussing the related topic: "Has Russia Been Financing Western Environmentalism?" (2022) [0] "Putin Is Funding Green Groups to Discredit Natural Gas Fracking" (2017) [1] "German green group branded a Russian ‘puppet’ over Nord Stream II gas pipeline" (2021) [2] [0]: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18330/russia-funding-environmental-groups https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18330/russia-funding-envi... [1]: https://www.newsweek.com/putin-funding-green-groups-discredit-natural-gas-fracking-635052 https://www.newsweek.com/putin-funding-green-groups-discredi... [2]: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/german-green-group-branded-a-russian-puppet-over-nord-stream-ii-gas-pipeline-nzd9p056q https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/german-green-group-brande...
- Schroedingersat 4y ago> Look at what did they do to Germany! Increased low carbon energy by more than the first twelve years of the messmer plan in spite of being betrayed by the SDR immediately and then having the conservatives cut funding further?
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoNo, fearmongering Germany into shutting down the whole nuclear energy industry. Just compare them to France?
- Schroedingersat 4y agoFrance had nothing to do with shutting down Energywende for the betternpart of a decade and neither did environmentalists.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoThat is, of course, not true: "The anti-nuclear movement was one of the key driving factors behind the foundation of the Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) in 1980." [0] [0]: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/history-behind-germanys-nuclear-phase-out https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/history-behind-ge...
- Schroedingersat 4y agoDoesn't say anything about Gazprom and their employee schroder being greens.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoLooks like the goalpost has moved.
- Schroedingersat 4y ago