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> They had no response to the fact that this state isn't ideal for large scale use of any of the green alternatives or that much more deaths directly result fro
by jancsika 9y ago
> They had no response to the fact that this state isn't ideal for large scale use of any of the green alternatives or that much more deaths directly result from solar panel installation accidents alone than nuclear as a whole.
Given an uninformed student and a misinformed didact, I admit to having a strong bias toward criticizing the latter.
From the Wikipedia page on the human toll of the Chernobyl disaster[1]:
> The [2005 Chernobyl Forum report] says it is impossible to reliably predict the number of fatal cancers arising from the incident as small differences in assumptions can result in large differences in the estimated health costs.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Human_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Human_impac...
- jimmaswell 9y agoChernobyl was a plant design that was already outdated at the time and known to be dangerous, ran in the Soviet Union. It's not representative of anything modernly relevant.