If Greenpeace drops their opposition to nuclear power, I would at least be open to the faint possibility of taking them seriously.
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Yes, especially next-gen thorium reactors
100%
Too much institutional momentum after years of Russia quietly bankrolling crazies to penetrate their organization in order to banana-peel Europe.
Oil companies, too, perniciously support a lot of environmentalism with the goal of creating regulatory capture. Similar to how rich NIMBYs trick housing rights activists into opposing new housing, by demonizing developers.
Yup, key point is it's way cheaper to find and fund a crazy who is already in relative alignment with your views than to run an actual agent. BUT you can never really call them off.
The unfortunate reality too, is the cynicism this cycle breeds, in terms of rising political extremism of all sorts, is not immune to these dynamics. Although extremists tend to convince themselves that they are pure of heart, intentions and justified in their maximalist goals. Even though, they may serve as hapless aids in the objectives of far more powerful forces than themselves.
Nah, no need to accumulate more large amounts of poisonous materials, the world has enough of that already.
Also feeling proud that public protest managed to prevent putting a reactor into operation in my country a few decades ago.
I resent the hubris that nuclear power generation so transparently exhibits.
Besides, I believe Tesla that earth can generate enough power from renewables, the rest of our ecosystem does too.
Obviously I brace for the seed oil free, stake infused attacks this note seems prone to generate, but at least once in a while someone should break the pseudo-reasonable, pseudo-moderate nuclear lobbying that has somehow infiltrated the BTC community.
Also feels incredibly comfortable to live in close distance to the plethora of Ukranian reactors right now, so safe, so clean, so prosperous, until a hostile army shows up.
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100%. Add to that list the amount of trash China and India dumps into the ocean which is responsible for about 99% of the ocean’s garbage.