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It just makes me feel even more like the carbon and nuclear industries are two coddled peas in a pod.

• const_cast 1y ago
  The difference is that nuclear has comparatively far less damage and has taken orders of magnitude less lives, however we treat it like it's radioactive. We have absolutely no issue drilling or fracking.
  • pydry 1y ago
    >We have absolutely no issue drilling or fracking We do take issue with that though.
    • const_cast 1y ago
      Not from a legislative perspective, no. Those are extremely privileged methods of resource collection, and typically the companies who cause damage do not pay for the cleanup. We just call it a superfund site and then spend taxpayer dollars for the next 50 years trying to get it to a slightly less poisonous state.
      • pydry 1y ago
        That's not "we" that's the same legislative "them" that lavish taxpayer subsidies on nuclear power plants and shift 99.5% of the nuclear accident cleanup liability on to the taxpayer. They're just as keen on nuclear power for military reasons as they are keen on supporting carbon industries because of money and lobbyists.