In the 70s, fossil fuel companies stirred up anti-nuclear propaganda in order to deter nuclear plants, which they perceived as the biggest threat to their business.
In the modern day, fossil fuel companies stir up pro-nuclear propaganda in order to deter renewables, which they perceive as the biggest threat to their business, because it's long since become clear that nuclear power is not economically viable as a replacement for fossil fuels even without the effect of their original propaganda (and the fact that they propagandized against nuclear in the 70s has yielded fertile harvests of people who are still salty about that, inspiring them to take up the pro-nuclear torch with little provocation).
Is the fossil fuel industry different in the US than EU? When Germany wanted to defined natural gas as "green investment", to act as a backup solution for wind power, it was the fossil fuel industry that was in favor and nuclear industry that was against. The pro-nuclear side wanted EU to clearly take a stand against all fossil fuels in the energy grid, while the pro-renewable side wanted to keep and promote investments into new construction of fossil fueled power plants with the hope that green hydrogen will at some point become cheaper than natural gas.
> fossil fuel companies stir up pro-nuclear propaganda in order to deter renewables,
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Nuclear power plants replace coal plants. Renewables on the other hand can coexist nicely with fossil fuels as backup power for days without wind / sun.
In the modern day, fossil fuel companies stir up pro-nuclear propaganda in order to deter renewables, which they perceive as the biggest threat to their business, because it's long since become clear that nuclear power is not economically viable as a replacement for fossil fuels even without the effect of their original propaganda (and the fact that they propagandized against nuclear in the 70s has yielded fertile harvests of people who are still salty about that, inspiring them to take up the pro-nuclear torch with little provocation).