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"how do you explain the actions of the German green party that insisted on shutting down the last remaining nuclear power plants" Politics and fear for radiati
by hutzlibu 3y ago
"how do you explain the actions of the German green party that insisted on shutting down the last remaining nuclear power plants"
Politics and fear for radiation, Chernobyl, Fukoshima etc? The whole history of the green party with its roots in anti nuclear? I don't think political parties are the right metric when looking for rationality.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoYou will find that "rationality" as people today understand it is a treacherous path as well. One mistake (among others) is to assume that The Science is independent of political power structures, and can thus serve as an independent guiding star for what should be done, when the reality is that it is the other way around: science is used as a post-hoc justification for the things people wanted to do anyway. Climate change (note how it is not just "global warming" anymore) is just one example among many.
- hutzlibu 3y agoYou mean people wanted to get rid of stinky coal and polluting noisy cars in the city and therefore invented climate change? If true, this would be my favourite conspiracy ever. But actually, I rather believe the scientific consensus, which is not 100% made up by scientists hold in chains by evil corporations and governments, but rather contains a quite diverse bunch. https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://xkcd.com/1732/
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoThis has to be one of the laziest strawmen replies I ever got.
- hutzlibu 3y agoWell and your post was probably one of the longest for saying "climate change is a hoax". At least this is how it came across, or did you have any other message?