https://socialistplanningbeyondcapitalism.org/the-conspiracy-against-nuclear-energy-how-big-oil-built-the-ecology-movement-to-demonize-nuclear-energy-competition/

Maybe this is already widely understood on here, but I feel understanding how the anti-communist left was leveraged to fight nuclear energy.

As more people are reading this I wanted to share what I consider to be a superior analysis https://communistperspective.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-nuclear-debate-for-and-against.html

And to be clear, you can be pro-renewable without being anti-nuclear I am referring to many of the European Green parties that are anti-nuclear above all else. Nuclear has it’s drawbacks, but it is preferable to climate change, for now.

  • DankZedong
    4•2 years ago

    My FIL is an environmental inspector for a city and he inspects big companies and their waste. He knows a lot about energy.

    He’s really anti-nuclear because he sees it as a non-renewable source of energy. He’d rather have the world running on renewable energy sources as that’s always better than having to deal with toxic/dangerous waste. I’ve always found his POV very interesting and I could see his point. It also went a whole lot deeper than just slap some wind turbines on a field. He’s also advocating zero waste, trying to design cities in smarter ways, trying to rethink our consumption needs etc.

    I’m not really against nuclear energy but I think I agree with his renewable energy view. But it still has a long way to go, like this article mentions. Nuclear energy seems inevitable for now. His view is also pretty Western-minded as The West has more financial resources.

    I don’t understand the article’s ‘fossil industry puppet’ point though. Apart from the one organization he mentions. Just because there are people that also want to look at non-nuclear options does not mean they are puppets of the Big Oil.