Electrickery is coming. GULP!

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Originally Posted by moltuae

One thing you get from watching the video is that this guy is a bit of a tree-hugger so I think it's probably quite unlikely that he's a pro-nuclear activist, at least not without good reason or rationale.

Hmmm....I've watched this video now, and I do think he's a patsy for the nuclear lobby. For me, so many of his arguments in this video fall into now typical classic misinformation territory - such as making a minor point and then extrapolating it to a major conclusion, often emotionally - e.g. "ripping turtles and their babies out of the ground to make way for solar farms", or his data on rising German electricity costs as evidence of how renewables cost more, not less (which is out of date, wilfully ignoring/not pointing out the subsidy effect on this data)

I have no idea if he genuinely believes the stuff he quotes, or if he is just naively regurgitating it, but it's not convincing at all. So I'm out. Others may disagree.

I generally - perhaps cynically? - tend to look for a greater burden of proof of an argument where I know there is a powerful (and rich!) lobbying group trying to make their point, particularly where they are trying to protect their vested interests/the status quo - whether that's the C**k (sorry Koch... ) Brothers in the Oil & Gas sector, Pharma companies, etc, etc, and this guy falls into that category for me.