Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy

Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by WithinReason on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:36AM (#30162935)

"In 1970, a leader of the petroleum industry and the head of the Atlantic Richfield Co. named Robert O. Anderson contributed $200,000 to fund Friends of the Earth, an organization that is strident in its opposition to nuclear energy, citing both safety and cost issues."

Why am I surprised at learning this?

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by patall on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:10AM (#30163461)

I am actually surprised that the article doesn't provide more examples. The article argues that the fossil fuel industry is paying the antinuclear movement and the single, one example given is a onetime payment in the 70s to start a new organization by a private person. Sure, everyone requires different levels of evidence, but I heavily doubt that you will be able to convince anyone with that one. And then the rest of the text is about how renewable are (as of 2016) so much smaller than the loss in nuclear power.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by WithinReason on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:19AM (#30163624)

Well they did the same with "climate scepticism" too, so it's from the playbook.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by jcelerier on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:27AM (#30163771)

Another fun one: Greenpeace is a natural gas energy provider in germany (proWindGas)

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