I have no proof but I wouldn’t be surprised if the coal industry was indirectly lobbying for renewables. “Renewable energy” might have been the final nail in the coffin to make earth succumb to pollution while nuclear was somehow ignored.
Actual fridge temp IQs still repeating narratives about nuclear safety and nuclear waste are possibly the most environmentally damaging groups of the 21st century.
There’s a bunch of fossil fuel money going into “renewables” and anti nuclear campaigns, has been from the beginning. Oil companies are also getting into the renewables game, in part as an additional revenue stream, in part because renewables complement gas infrastructure, and likely in part because renewable subsidies are quite generous.
The reactors built in the 1970ties had massive delays and costs overruns making it politically nearly impossible to justify new constructions. One can argue (as the article does) that this isn’t inherent to the technology itself (but it conveniently leaves out examples of massive cost overruns and delays from this millennium), but this is what mostly killed nuclear power in the west.
I have no proof but I wouldn’t be surprised if the coal industry was indirectly lobbying for renewables. “Renewable energy” might have been the final nail in the coffin to make earth succumb to pollution while nuclear was somehow ignored.
Actual fridge temp IQs still repeating narratives about nuclear safety and nuclear waste are possibly the most environmentally damaging groups of the 21st century.
There’s a bunch of fossil fuel money going into “renewables” and anti nuclear campaigns, has been from the beginning. Oil companies are also getting into the renewables game, in part as an additional revenue stream, in part because renewables complement gas infrastructure, and likely in part because renewable subsidies are quite generous.
I recommend reading this: https://jackdevanney.substack.com/p/nuclear-power-is-too-slow
The reactors built in the 1970ties had massive delays and costs overruns making it politically nearly impossible to justify new constructions. One can argue (as the article does) that this isn’t inherent to the technology itself (but it conveniently leaves out examples of massive cost overruns and delays from this millennium), but this is what mostly killed nuclear power in the west.