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Alexander Of Assyria

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4. Fossil industry has outlobbyed, meaning outcorrupted, politicians far more than nuclear industry.

Reply to Finishline42 (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:28 AM

Apr 2023

And ofc has spent on mass media advertising by a factor of infinity to none.

Who would mass media support more? Even now mass media is not on the conservation train because the gravy train of fossil fuel money is still chugging down the tracks.

Same with politicians, sweet fossil fuel cash powers their campaigns.

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Texas added 1,582MW of solar & 205MW of storage in March! [View all] Finishline42 Apr 2023 OP

Average American nuclear reactor produces 1 GW, total around 100GW in America. Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #1

Agreed Finishline42 Apr 2023 #2

Fossil industry has outlobbyed, meaning outcorrupted, politicians far more than nuclear industry. Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #4

Wow! Let's celebrate the trivial!!!!!!! NNadir Apr 2023 #3

What would the readings of co2 have been without the replacement by cleaner energy? Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #5

Again, DQIIIIIIIII conflates rising CO2 to using wind and solar Finishline42 Apr 2023 #6

This "where would we be," nonsense is very, very, very, very weak sauce. NNadir Apr 2023 #7

Oh look. Another Twitter user who doesn't know the difference between power and energy GregariousGroundhog Apr 2023 #8

Good question but my guess is it's impossible to answer Finishline42 Apr 2023 #9