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Coal is literally 1000x more dangerous than nuclear power. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_accidents#Fatalities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_a
by jlebar 8y ago
Coal is literally 1000x more dangerous than nuclear power. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_accidents#Fatalities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_accidents#Fatalities
Humanity's inability to understand basic math will be our downfall -- perhaps already has sealed our fate.
- devwastaken 8y agoThough it's the most amount of deaths by year currently, their argument generally is about if a nuclear plant close to population pops off. A single city would be 1000x what coals killed.
- YjSe2GMQ 8y agoIt would not. 1. The grandparent's source quotes the coal death rate of ~100k/PWh. 2. Global coal processing is at ~50 PWh/year: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption 3. This means ~5M people die to coal each year.
- tathougies 8y ago> Though it's the most amount of deaths by year currently, their argument generally is about if a nuclear plant close to population pops off. Then move the plant farther away?