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@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com Yes, definitely fossil fuel propaganda. I hear any amount of anti-solar, anti-wind, pro-nuclear, pro-fossil propaganda all the time from right wing politicians, but anyone who paying attention sees that renewables actually do work. That's why our total energy bill last year was €120 (including taxes, connection fees etc.) because solar panels, heat pump, insulation... Meanwhile, the nuclear power station that I protested against in the 1980s (Hinkley C in Somerset, UK) still isn't running. It was cancelled at least once (not due to protests, but because then PM Margaret Thatcher could see it was obviously not economical), then deacds ago the proposal came out of retirement and they started building again. Let's talk about intermittency: my solar panel installation began decades after Hinkley C and they've operated for a decade and a half, but Hinkley Point C has yet to produce a single kWh of electricity. Let's talk about cost: The bill merely for construction of Hinkley C has risen to a whopping €18000 per kW output, which is a far cry from the ~€500 per kW that you pay retail for a solar installation. And that doesn't even include the uranium that they need to import from Russia to run the thing - while the sun costs nothing. At this point, nuclear just looks absurd.