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It's not Russia, the US and the Saudis, it's Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, etc. honestly Aramco and Gazprom probably have very little influence on decision making in

It's not Russia, the US and the Saudis, it's Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, etc. honestly Aramco and Gazprom probably have very little influence on decision making in Europe and the US compared to the local interests. > The other aligned narrative is nuclear and I consider it to be Trojan horse to continued reliance on fossil fuels at least for the next 25-30 years whilst countries like Germany would argue with NIMBY’s and politics to try and even build just one new power station. Nuclear is not a Trojan horse, nuclear proliferation and meltdown fears condemned Europe to energy dependence. It's too late now, the capacity should have been built 30 years ago, but the successful fearmongering meant there was virtually no construction for the last 30 years[1]. The real Trojan horse is natural gas, they greenwashed it, invested and continue to invest in natural gas projects[2]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_reactors_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_reactors_in_Euro... 2. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/06/world/eu-votes-natural-gas-nuclear-green-sustainable-climate/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/06/world/eu-votes-natural-ga...

junto 2y ago
Fraunhofer Institute did an in depth study into the costs of nuclear. That it is cheaper is a myth. Nuclear is a distraction to defocus from renewables and battery tech. There’s a reason this kind of nuclear propaganda is all over TikTok amongst right wing social media. https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/veroeffentlichungen/studien/studie-stromgestehungskosten-erneuerbare-energien.html https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/veroeffentlichungen/studien... https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/projekte/erneuerbar-statt-atomar/mythos-5-liefert-uns-atomkraft-billigen-strom#:~:text=Das%2520Fraunhofer%2520Institut%2520f%C3%BCr%2520Solare,9%252C2%2520Ct%252FkWh. https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/projekte/erneuerbar-st...
- throwawayffffas 2y ago
  Never said it's cheaper. What I implied was that if the construction of nuclear reactors had continued in the 90s, today we would be in a position where fossil fuels would be a much smaller part of the energy mix. In France for example the domestic energy production is virtually free from fossil fuels. [1] In other parts of Europe, all the capacity that renewables provide has been offset by the shutting down of nuclear reactors. Instead of replacing fossil fuels they replaced nuclear. See Germany's energy mix for example [2]. [1]. https://www.iea.org/countries/france/energy-mix https://www.iea.org/countries/france/energy-mix (See the second graph) [2]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany#/media/File:Energy_mix_in_Germany.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany#/media/File:...

junto 2y ago

Fraunhofer Institute did an in depth study into the costs of nuclear. That it is cheaper is a myth. Nuclear is a distraction to defocus from renewables and battery tech. There’s a reason this kind of nuclear propaganda is all over TikTok amongst right wing social media. https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/veroeffentlichungen/studien/studie-stromgestehungskosten-erneuerbare-energien.html https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/veroeffentlichungen/studien... https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/projekte/erneuerbar-statt-atomar/mythos-5-liefert-uns-atomkraft-billigen-strom#:~:text=Das%2520Fraunhofer%2520Institut%2520f%C3%BCr%2520Solare,9%252C2%2520Ct%252FkWh. https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/projekte/erneuerbar-st...

throwawayffffas 2y ago
Never said it's cheaper. What I implied was that if the construction of nuclear reactors had continued in the 90s, today we would be in a position where fossil fuels would be a much smaller part of the energy mix. In France for example the domestic energy production is virtually free from fossil fuels. [1] In other parts of Europe, all the capacity that renewables provide has been offset by the shutting down of nuclear reactors. Instead of replacing fossil fuels they replaced nuclear. See Germany's energy mix for example [2]. [1]. https://www.iea.org/countries/france/energy-mix https://www.iea.org/countries/france/energy-mix (See the second graph) [2]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany#/media/File:Energy_mix_in_Germany.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany#/media/File:...