Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular.
Do you have some that’s really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?
Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular.
Do you have some that’s really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?
The nuclear power industry is known for astroturfing. Just enter something like “nuclear power pros and cons” and you will find dozens of websites which only exist to advertise nuclear power.
Most of them seem to be legit enough at a first glance, but when you dig through their impressums or otherwise look up who owns the website they often belong to some group that’s associate with the nuclear power industry.
I believe at least some of the die hard fans of nuclear power perhaps were convinced on these one-sided websites.
Another reason why you find so many fanboys is because on Lemmy (and similar platforms) everything considered “hard science” is cool. Even if they don’t really understand it. Having reservations against or be careful with, what these people deem, technological advancement, shows that you are at least unintelligent and probably “too green”.
Also, a lot of conservatives are into nuclear power reactors and they seem to have a general tendency to be extreme in their opinions.
There is honestly an equal amount of astroturfing in the opposite direction to.
That doesn’t make a lot of sense since no one monetarily benefits from being against nuclear power reactors.