there are few technologies that are so robust that it can survive an onslaught of propaganda and governments that are actively crafting policies against it!
Yes, but ultimately the propaganda and governments must bump up against material reality. Unfortunately, they can hurt billions of people in the meantime.
my personal view is that the extreme environmental ideology is very close to repudiation and the recent actions by Germany and Spain to double down on it is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Spain is a particularly sad case to me, because I regarded it as a system for South Africa to model.
I just hope that they wake before they do too much destruction.
Agreed. I think the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the big event that brought the confrontation with reality. Energy imports from Russia, along with nuclear power, were backstopping the entire Green energy transition. Not any more.
I have not been following Spain. What is happening there that has you concerned?
the spanish government recently doubled down on phasing out nuclear, Spain's mass build was actually faster than France's, and set to increase, then Chernobyl occurred.
Since then there has been a Moratorium on new builds.
Nuclear power is the duct tape of the European electrical grid.
Pull it off and the entire grid collapses (along with the rest of the economy).
there are few technologies that are so robust that it can survive an onslaught of propaganda and governments that are actively crafting policies against it!
Yes, but ultimately the propaganda and governments must bump up against material reality. Unfortunately, they can hurt billions of people in the meantime.
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/why-do-ideologies-fail
my personal view is that the extreme environmental ideology is very close to repudiation and the recent actions by Germany and Spain to double down on it is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Spain is a particularly sad case to me, because I regarded it as a system for South Africa to model.
I just hope that they wake before they do too much destruction.
Agreed. I think the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the big event that brought the confrontation with reality. Energy imports from Russia, along with nuclear power, were backstopping the entire Green energy transition. Not any more.
I have not been following Spain. What is happening there that has you concerned?
the spanish government recently doubled down on phasing out nuclear, Spain's mass build was actually faster than France's, and set to increase, then Chernobyl occurred.
Since then there has been a Moratorium on new builds.
They are refusing even life extensions.
Very short sighted.
"Dreams become goals. Goals become training objectives. Training objectives become workouts."
Joe Friel
Might also apply to nuclear. Without a plan goals are merely dreams.