[cowthulhu]

Unfortunately I suspect this idea is somewhat dead-on-arrival… anti-renewable people will fight it for obvious reasons, while environmentalists will fight it due to concerns over shading the waterways.

[stavros]

What's the fallacy called where you oppose something based on the fact that it has impact on something, not realising that the alternative is is even worse?

I see people talk about how ugly solar panels make mountainsides, but when I ask "would you prefer a coal factory there instead?" nobody would.

[_aavaa_]

That’s the nirvana fallacy. And it gets used VERY often against renewables.

[scientator]

Why would environmentalists be concerned about shading canals?

[labcomputer]

Because you’re changing something about the environment, and we can’t have that until it’s been studied to death.

[CyberDildonics]

The canal is already made of concrete, I think the environment might have been a little altered already.

[toasty228]

They're concerned about nuclear so...