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>The situation is frustrating and stupid. Not really. I can't really conceive of a situation in which a solar voltaic power installation can kill even a single
by yborg 8y ago
>The situation is frustrating and stupid.
Not really. I can't really conceive of a situation in which a solar voltaic power installation can kill even a single person. Maybe a panel falls on a worker there. It's even harder to conceive of a situation in which hundreds of square kilometers of land would be contaminated by one in such a way that it would cost billions to clean it up. With nuclear, there is no need to conjecture such a scenario, it has now happened twice in 25 years.
The problem with nuclear is that despite the low probability of a major failure, when one happens, it is very, very expensive. They cannot be allowed to happen, so heavy oversight is necessary. For Fukushima, the 2016 estimate was $193B in costs to clean up, and between 2012 and 2017 the ratepayers of Tepco had shouldered $21B in costs in the form of higher rates. So even if you don't care about the safety of individuals directly at risk from a failure, the economic costs demand such scrutiny.
- Gibbon1 8y agoNotable to me is that a solar installation doesn't appear to be technologically complicated. And failures are very localized and self-limiting. vs nuclear where we're getting a good idea what the significant failure rate is. One serious event every 10 years. Extrapolating that to a world that uses 100% nuclear energy means one Fukushima/Chernobyl failure per year. Extrapolate that over the 200 year emergency we're at the beginning of and yeah, just no.
- ThomPete 8y agoSilar and wind kill and pollute, they currently cover 1% dspite all the effort that went into them try and turn that up and se what it does to animals especially birds, people, natural resources etc, you will quickly find nuclear to be much safer.
- Gibbon1 8y agoTMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown and came within hours of losing containment. Three Mile Island is on the Susquehanna River which flows into Chesapeake Bay. Your call.
- ThomPete 8y agoNo its actually yours. Newer versions cant meltdown as their safty mechanism is based on physics. Thorium would even further the safety. So investing in that direction would be far better. Solar and wind will not be able to suplly us with enough energy, not even close. The alternatives to them are fossil fuels, which demonstrately kill millions _a_year_ so its actually your call not mine.
- ThomPete 8y agoWind and solar kille more people than nuclear, so you really should be conciving that.