Yeah isn’t it weird how somehow the “landscape” they’re so worried about messing up with wind turbines or solar panels… Is never impacted by things like this?
Literally have never heard a conservative complain about strip mining even though it’s insanely ugly and the closest we can come to actually raping the planet.
I lived in an area that was going to start strip mining for sand that was the right consistency for fracking. Plenty of conservatives were amongst the loudest opponents. There’s plenty of hypocracy, no need to exaggerate. Their reasons were not wanting to have so much heavy equipment on the roads and fear of silicosis, not opposing natural gas extraction.
There’s plenty of hypocracy, no need to exaggerate
Okay, I wasn’t exaggerating. The existence of one counter example doesn’t mean I was. For examples about what I mean: see almost every coal mining town ever. It’s like a cult. The conservatives almost unanimously are in favor of coal no matter what it does to their environment or how badly the mining companies disregard safety and basic human dignity. I have never heard a conservative oppose or complain about strip mining, literally never. But if alternative energy ever comes up, they’re all suddenly very concerned with natural beauty. This doesn’t mean conservatives never once had an issue with strip mining, it just means that it’s extremely rare in comparison to their comments like this: “omg wind turbines are UGLY and kill ALL the BIRDS”
Yeah isn’t it weird how somehow the “landscape” they’re so worried about messing up with wind turbines or solar panels… Is never impacted by things like this?
Literally have never heard a conservative complain about strip mining even though it’s insanely ugly and the closest we can come to actually raping the planet.
But the strip mine brings generational jobs and careers to the community, through stripping the area of its natural resources to enrich the wealthy!
Get out of here with your socialist wind!
I lived in an area that was going to start strip mining for sand that was the right consistency for fracking. Plenty of conservatives were amongst the loudest opponents. There’s plenty of hypocracy, no need to exaggerate. Their reasons were not wanting to have so much heavy equipment on the roads and fear of silicosis, not opposing natural gas extraction.
Okay, I wasn’t exaggerating. The existence of one counter example doesn’t mean I was. For examples about what I mean: see almost every coal mining town ever. It’s like a cult. The conservatives almost unanimously are in favor of coal no matter what it does to their environment or how badly the mining companies disregard safety and basic human dignity. I have never heard a conservative oppose or complain about strip mining, literally never. But if alternative energy ever comes up, they’re all suddenly very concerned with natural beauty. This doesn’t mean conservatives never once had an issue with strip mining, it just means that it’s extremely rare in comparison to their comments like this: “omg wind turbines are UGLY and kill ALL the BIRDS”