Imagine if nuclear energy did kill the same number of people as wind energy does. Would that change your opinion? Of course not, and nor should it. Because b

Imagine if nuclear energy did kill the same number of people as wind energy does. Would that change your opinion? Of course not, and nor should it. Because both sources of energy are ridiculously safe compared to coal. Wind is safe enough. But there is still a difference between wind and nuclear. In terms of public safety wind energy is far easier to model and design safely. Just make sure that the wind turbine is placed far enough away from roads and buildings. So that if it falls over (massively unlikely) it will not hurt anyone. A wind farm can be designed safe by a cad technician with 15 mins of training. A nuclear reactor requires an entire industry of scientists and engineers triple checking each others work. You can check the safety of a wind farm with a ruler. Obviously offshore wind is more complicated, but you get my point. Nuclear energy is hard. For the record, I do think we should invest in nuclear energy. But these kind of arguments seem a little intellectually dishonest. Renewables are good enough on many of the metrics in which nuclear excels.