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Re:Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electric... by shapefrog on Friday July 30, 2021 @03:30AM (#28005367)
NIMBYISM is activism. Your comments are classic NIMBY - you want these things but in someone elses back yard.

There are 'activists' everywhere, there are even 'activists' who campaign for the age of consent to be lowered because they want to have sex with 12 year olds. Being an activist is only as positive as the cause and the motives.

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Re:Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electric... by inglor_cz on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:51PM (#28009888)
"Your comments are classic NIMBY - you want these things but in someone elses back yard."

No, I want them in reasonable distance from villages and cities. Say, 1 and more km. I do not want to push them into anyone's backyard.

And that is actually entirely possible, unlike with, say, highways or railways that fundamentally connect human habitation with another human habitation. Even Europe has a lot of empty corners.

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