I'm not filled with joy about my chav ("redneck") neighbours weighing in on nuclear vs solar and climate change and national and international energy markets and power distribution...

I don't have a clue either. Don't ask for my vote on how to power a country. Take my taxes and use them to listen to experts

Plot twist, the experts are lobbyists and they convince our politicians to start fracking and massively increase the use of "clean coal"

I would be willing to bet on a board of PHDS of varying sciences they would determine that coal is dumb and a waste of money

there are plenty of PHDs out there who have been bought and are in the pockets of industry...