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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by anonporridge on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @06:42PM (#35894461)
They're ultimately victims of their own political leaders who increased dependency on Russian gas in order to irrationally kill nuclear fission energy.

Anti-nuclear energy activists will likely go down in history as villains.

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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:05PM (#35895395)
Anti-nuclear energy activists will likely go down in history as villains.

My personal pet conspiracy theory is that those 'activists' were largely sponsored by Russian interests to begin wtih. Cui bono?

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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by anonporridge on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:21PM (#35895535)
More generally, supported by fossil fuel industry.

They were and still are the useful idiots serving the interests of carbon emission industry, who exploited their amygdala because it's easier to be scared of acute nuclear risks than by diffuse GHG risks.

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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by swarnie on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:27PM (#35895594)
You should take a look at the "Stop Oil" lot we have in the UK at the moment, if they aren't a big oil psyops ill eat my hat.

Constantly doing the least logical and public endearing actions possible without fail.

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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by pantalaimon on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @09:01PM (#35895888)
It was the Schröder Government that signed the initial Nuclear phase-out law.

The same Schröder who would later join the board of GazProm and just paid the Russian Embassy a visit for WWII victory celebrations the other day.

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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by QLazuli on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:10PM (#35895434)
I would get to the same answer via a slightly different path. Their corrupt leaders sold their country to Russia and they pulled it off by exploiting their constituents with anti-nuclear fear mongering.
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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by peanuty1 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @09:53PM (#35896325)
Like Angela Merkel?

Also, didn't Trump get laughed at by many of his European counterparts when he advised them at the UN that it was against their best interests to go all in on Russian energy.

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Re:Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than Covi... by CamperBob2 on Friday May 12, 2023 @12:51PM (#35918771)
A broken clock is right twice a day. Ric Romero has more on this late-breaking story at 9 and 9.

And yeah, Merkel did her country no favors, in more than one respect.

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