You ever get the feeling that a lot of climate change activists don’t actually care all that much about the environment?
We really got a sense of that the other day when a group of climate change activists blocked Beltway traffic (apparently a bunch cars idling on the highway isn’t bad for the earth as long as they’re idling because of climate change activists).
We’re also getting a sense of that from what’s currently happening in Germany. Here’s the scoop from environmental writer Mark Lynas:
It's over for nuclear in Germany. The SDP-Green coalition has won a vote in the Bundestag backing more coal burning so that the three remaining nuclear plants can be switched off as planned this year. Climate targets may have to be abandoned as a result.https://t.co/OAmexhAuUR
— Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas) July 8, 2022
So, if we’re understanding this correctly, climate activists are so against the idea of nuclear energy that they’re willing to resort to burning coal?
Nope. German energy policy may be a joke, but this is really a thing that’s happening.
Idiocy. https://t.co/N2mKVPbMKD
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) July 8, 2022
That’s certainly one word for it.
Madness. https://t.co/rHEDadXOfL
— Ken Shepherd (@KenShepherd) July 8, 2022
That’s another.
totally deranged https://t.co/mZvjVskxDC
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) July 8, 2022
And another still!
There are, in fact, many words for this. And they all have negative connotations. Because this doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.
Coal is not only worse for the environment, but there are more accidents. This is absolute insanity from Germany. They need to be investing in nuclear as much as possible. https://t.co/VQvGiDHAbW
— Adrienne (@AdrienneRoyer) July 8, 2022
Is nuclear energy too clean for climate activists?
I love when green parties support "green" initiatives like this https://t.co/HkjHBBCyRN
— Ben Aybar 🦑🧲 (@BenAybar) July 8, 2022
I would try to make emissions lower rather than higher. https://t.co/CpFXWTr9Re
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 8, 2022
Yeah, well … in Germany they like to do things a little differently.
German energy policy in a nutshell. https://t.co/uj8y6M7Il4 pic.twitter.com/8YeoCFphh6
— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) July 8, 2022
That looks just about right.
Regardless of your opinion about nuclear energy in the long-term, anyone interested in actually stopping catastrophic climate change has to agree that this is completely nuts. https://t.co/IGYp6JM746
— Thomas M. Hanna (@ThomasMHanna) July 8, 2022
Absolutely horrid. Greens are the WORST https://t.co/O7QYsLrIxP
— Pavel Velkovsky (@Pvelkovsky) July 8, 2022
They really are.
“Climate Activists for Coal” is not something we had on our bingo card. For Germany’s sake, we hope they ultimately don’t get their way (though we’re not terribly optimistic).
Finally, there's an environmental group dedicated to stopping this madness. If this makes you as angry as it does me, please join @letsreplanet https://t.co/p5AMxq3Z3D We've just won on the EU taxonomy. Most Germans support keeping nuclear switched on – the tide is turning.
— Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas) July 8, 2022
Let’s hope so. In the meantime:
I feel like the Green Party should be forced to change its name at this point https://t.co/gbHz2JNqhv
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) July 8, 2022
