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		dylan604 on March 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for gree... At the same time it's not. Big scary looking symbols plastered over everything compared to just filling the air making it out of sight out of mind. Once that's achieved, the mass populace doesn't care. Try to build a facility with those scary symbols that are visible anytime one chooses to look, and people get all NIMBY very quickly.

pas on March 27, 2021 [–]

The solution seems obvious. Set up a town of nuclear power activists. YIMBY.

Chris2048 on March 28, 2021 | [–]

Or create scary-looking CO2 storage facilities in every town.

dylan604 on March 28, 2021 | | [–]

Depending on the town, that storage facility already looks scary whenever you look up

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