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The impact on livable land is a good point, though we also should probably consider how many lives we're willing to sacrifice for said land. If swapping out nu
by xelxebar 8y ago
The impact on livable land is a good point, though we also should probably consider how many lives we're willing to sacrifice for said land.
If swapping out nuclear for photovoltaics saves 100 km^2 of land but costs one more life on average, are we willing to pay that? Probably. I imagine that most people wouldn't feel comfortable paying 1 million lives though.
Looking a the discussion here,
https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-the-safest-form-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-the-safest-form-of-energy,
it looks like nuclear saves such a large number of lives that the land cost has probably been worth it.
Flipping the question around, non-nuclear energy sources also have a land cost. It'd be interesting to compare the ecological and land habitability impacts of other energy sources as well.