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It seems to me like green fundamentalist see nothing but enemies and subterfuge everywhere. Hydrogen, biofuel, nuclear, switching from oil to natural gas where possible, the list goes on.

I don't have enough of an opinion to comment on anyone of them individually, but I notice a really striking pattern where every time the idea of alternative energy sources are brought up that are not wind or solar, whoever brings it up is accused of sabotaging the energy transition in some way or another.



Maybe because there is evidence of fossil companies doing exactly that since the sixties?

Benefit of doubt has it's place but this is just naivety or outright trolling.


Fossil companies hugely profit from the anti-nuclear green movement that solely focuses on wind and solar.

Because no matter how many wind and solar plants you build, they will never be able to provide baseload and hence you need fossil backup power plants.


I mean, read the current top sibling comment to yours. Someone who worked at an oil & gas company confirmed that this was their strategy.

Now, I don't think these people are sitting in their carved-out mountain lair, scheming to destroy the world; I'm sure they don't see themselves as villains. But they are making deliberate decisions to protect their business models and bottom line by adopting -- and, importantly, lobbying for -- technology that is polluting and emits greenhouse gases.


Wind and solar power heavily depend on fossil backup plants which is why oil companies have long been proponents of the energy transition.

The only technology that is actually able to get rid of fossil technology is nuclear power.




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