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I dont think there is a conspiracy by oil and gas companies to sabotage solar and wind. I think solar and wind are just not as easy and cheap to build a reliabl
by gregbot 1y ago
I dont think there is a conspiracy by oil and gas companies to sabotage solar and wind. I think solar and wind are just not as easy and cheap to build a reliable grid because of transmission and storage costs which advocates always underestimate.
- insane_dreamer 1y agoThat’s incorrect
- triceratops 1y ago> I dont think there is a conspiracy by oil and gas companies to sabotage solar and wind. That's exactly what someone participating in the conspiracy would say. At this point it's an open secret that oil and gas have used their money to lobby against all alternative sources of energy, including HN's golden boy: nuclear. Exhibit A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club#Budget_and_funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club#Budget_and_funding Environmentalists didn't kill nuclear energy. They are a patsy for Big Oil.
- gregbot 1y agoThat’s great information thank you. I still think there is plenty of grass roots anti-nuclear sentiment
- triceratops 1y agoSentiment doesn't get anything done. Cash and political influence does. There are literally thousands of causes with "grass roots" support. How many translate into policy?