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I am not a conspiracy theorist, it's just a simple case of "follow the money". The fossil fuel industry is a trillion dollar per year business and their interes
by locallost 3y ago
I am not a conspiracy theorist, it's just a simple case of "follow the money". The fossil fuel industry is a trillion dollar per year business and their interest is to keep it this way. So poisoning the well is a good strategy for them. If you thought about it, it was clear the bird argument was always just a talking point nimby types were fed with, so they have something alarming to repeat and to get outraged, without really caring if it's true. The only thing they cared about is not having wind turbines because of their (weird?) aesthetic preferences and desires to have things stay the same forever. Ironically the bird and animal population overall are struggling with the way things are now and how they want to keep it. But again, they don't really care about that.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoYeah but the alternative / green energy industry is also worth hundreds of billions; [0] says solar will be a $373B industry by 2029, [1] says wind will be $278B by 2030, and [2] says nuclear will be a tiny $38B by 2029. My point is that the alternative energy sector's financial interests are at least as big as the fossil fuel industry's, but they put a lot of effort into coming across as The Good Guys That Will Save Our Planet For The Future Of Our Children, because that means they will get government funding and investments from new energy and infrastructure projects. Disclaimer: I pulled these numbers from the first google search results. I don't know why they all look 5 years ahead. I am not an energy or financial expert. [0] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-power-market-size-2022-134700872.html?guccounter=1 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-power-market-size-2022-... [1] https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/wind/global-wind-power-market-to-record-robust-20231114 https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/wind/global-wind-pow... [2] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/global-nuclear-energy-market-outlook-2023-2030-opportunities/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/global-nuclear-energy-market-...
- locallost 3y agoEverything they say deserves scrutiny too. So if they say for instance "we are the cheapest form of energy" of course people should question it. But we are not talking about them here, it's simply a fact the fossil fuel industry is deploying the same tactic of sowing doubt for decades now. From birds to "we don't know definitely if climate change exists" to again "there is climate change but who says people can't adapt" and so on. Their talking points have been debunked and you won't change that by saying others are bad.
- itsoktocry 3y ago>"follow the money". The fossil fuel industry is a trillion dollar per year business and their interest is to keep it this way. Meanwhile, the green energy industry is not-for-profit, volunteer, altruistic and unbiased. That's incredibly naive. If you don't think the global capitalists are moving towards a green transition, I'm not sure what to tell you.
- djfobbz 3y agoI agree. There is none so blind as those who will not see.
- throwawayqqq11 3y agoNewer industries are at least not that monopolistic and politically "connected".
- locallost 3y agoEveryone is a capitalist today, not sure what else to say to that.
- brianbreslin 3y agoThe number of birds killed annually by windows is probably 100x that killed by turbines. Hard to convince everyone to remove windows.