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Re:Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against U... by pclmulqdq on Saturday October 02, 2021 @08:15AM (#28728001)
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but the second best time is today. By continuing to oppose low-carbon base load power that is politically unpopular, climate activists are showing the world that they don't really believe there's a crisis.

Put another way, they are saying: "there's just enough of a crisis for us to take things from you, but not enough for us to sacrifice anything ourselves."

Also, with investment in nuclear plants, the cost and time to build one will decrease, but someone needs to put up the money to make that happen.

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Re:Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against U... by ZeroGravitas on Saturday October 02, 2021 @10:46AM (#28728974)
> By continuing to oppose low-carbon base load power that is politically unpopular, climate activists are showing the world that they don't really believe there's a crisis.

That's okay, who cares if some old hippies don't believe in an obvious scientific fact. We all believe it's true, right? And that's what matters, yes?

Because the people who deny that climate change would be a crisis if we don't stop emitting fossil carbon are absolute idiots, at least we can all agree on that much.

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