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11. Sadly, "shills" for the nuclear industry are doing the same.

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 03:00 PM

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It shouldn't be this way. Clean energy advocates should work together or at least not fight against each other. But some "nuclear brothers" infest online discussion forums with a Zero-sum approach to bash renewable energy. They believe investments in renewable energy are somehow hurting nuclear energy. Pure paranoia that rivals climate denial.

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