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Not saying we should ignore the environmental impact, that's what I was getting at in my first sentence when I said falling off a roof and a nuclear meltdown cl
by GVIrish 9y ago
Not saying we should ignore the environmental impact, that's what I was getting at in my first sentence when I said falling off a roof and a nuclear meltdown clearly aren't the same level of event. I'm simply saying that people fear nuclear power because they think there's a high risk that a lot of people will die when that hasn't proven to be the case thus far.
There's a real discussion to be made on the trade-offs between the potential environmental damage caused by an accident versus the looming threat of climate change. Unfortunately that discussion isn't really being had because nuclear power's public perception hurdle is so great.