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by stavros 47 days ago
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.

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