There is a lot of nuance to these situations.
replyDestroying a whole valley for hydro is something locals could easily oppose. Similar with huge solar farms. You can be a proponent of a technology but anti a particular project.
NIMBY != Nuance
replyReducing every personal reason to oppose every specific project to "NIMBY" is not nuance.
replyThey specific example GP gave was locals being opposed to something. That is textbook nimbyism.
replyHappy for other examples that would demonstrate nuance, but that isn't it.
That would be part of it for sure.
replyLocally there is opposition to gold mining. People in the region oppose it and with a broad definition of ‘NIMBY’ you’d be right. But neighbouring valley, town, region etc is a broad definition.