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0 pointsrobertlagrant3y ago0 comments

Greenpeace etc have long protested against nuclear, and have boogeymanned their way into the public consciousness on this topic. It's conceivably set us back decades and released millions of extra tons of CO2 in the process.

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pfdietz3y ago

A classic correlation/causation confusion. Yes, Greenpeace complained about fission. No, that doesn't mean they caused fission's failure.

If there's many billions of dollars in value to be created, that will trump anything a NGO can whine about. That's why we're still burning so much fossil fuel. Nuclear was vulnerable because it wasn't creating value.

ClumsyPilot3y ago

They have done sone damage, but you cannot lay the entire problem at their feet.

Do you think lobby from fossil fuel companies just sat on their hands all this time?

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