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There is more background to the comparison in Australia. There is a lot of opposition from farming and rural communities in general to renewable energy infrastructure. We've had lots of issues with rural groups organising misinformation-fuelled intimidation of people building renewables.
Another article from our ABC: Dangerous anti-renewables rhetoric, bullying and intimidation creates growing chasm in rural communities:
Hostility towards farmers hosting renewable energy projects is increasing, fracturing rural communities.
A Senate inquiry received submissions detailing threats of intimidation and violence amid worsening rhetoric.
And water is wet, more at eleven.
If you're not from Australia - there is a lot of opposition from farming and rural communities in general to renewable energy infrastructure. We've had lots of issues with rural groups organising misinformation-fuelled intimidation of people building renewables. There is a need to counter that with more information about how climate change is going to be a lot worse for farming and the rural landscape.
Some background in this article from our ABC: Dangerous anti-renewables rhetoric, bullying and intimidation creates growing chasm in rural communities
I'm from the US, and there is a bunch of pushback from rural and farmers here as well. I understand it but I still am just utterly ashamed at our institutions of authority that don't just tell these idiots whose objections are centered on fallacy and ignorance to just shut the fuck up.
Idiots don't tend to care about facts or logic, they care about how that information makes them feel and other arbitrary bullshit that an educated society shouldn't pay any mind to.
no shit
The big goal is bigger than the smaller goal? Could this possibly be true? I'm shocked.