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cprise

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3. The difference between a market dominated by

Reply to wtmusic (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2013, 05:15 PM

May 2013

...a push for renewables, and one pushing for nuclear, is that you cannot deny the latter set of investors anything whatsoever. If they want more coal along with their nuclear, they will get it. If they want more wealth disparity they will get that, too.

They will exercise more regulatory capture (are ramping it up as we speak) while they've got Obama delivering platitudes about "all of the above". And being joined at the hip with high finance as all other large rent-seekers are, they will impart further weight and speed to all the corporate propaganda and other anti-democratic trends.

IOW, there would be an intensification of what has occurred since 1980.

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Ex-Antinuke Activist: Renewables Have "Not a Hope in Hell" of Solving Warming Problem Alone [View all] wtmusic May 2013 OP

Even if they did, the problem is far bigger than carbon emissions. Gregorian May 2013 #1

No worries, mate pscot May 2013 #2

The warming problem is entirely due to carbon emissions. nt wtmusic May 2013 #9

And carbon emissions are entirely due to billions of people burning fossil fuel. Gregorian May 2013 #12

This Misattributed Source game is always fun. wtmusic May 2013 #13

Or you could say that 1 and 2 are both impossible GliderGuider May 2013 #14

You are dead wrong about #1. Gregorian May 2013 #15

I'm very interested in how you plan to modify wtmusic May 2013 #17

The difference between a market dominated by cprise May 2013 #3

Don't you love how anyone whatsoever can be a "Ex-antinuke activist" and get paid for it? kristopher May 2013 #4

Interesting caraher May 2013 #5

Indeed, we can't even deny the establishment things like cprise May 2013 #6

Renewables don't have investors? wtmusic May 2013 #8

Do you have any class awareness cprise May 2013 #10

Help me differentiate between rich investor-elves wtmusic May 2013 #11

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