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The amount of cancer caused by the sun each year worldwide is probably in the millions. Not very safe, but turning it off would be worse. Life is full of trade
by njarboe 7y ago
The amount of cancer caused by the sun each year worldwide is probably in the millions. Not very safe, but turning it off would be worse. Life is full of trade offs. Until coal burning plants are all gone the world should embrace nuclear power as a much better alternative.
- badloginagain 7y agoShit if you want to talk about radioactive damage, coal mines emit huge amounts of radiation that aren't "counted" because the radiation is "naturally occuring".
- saalweachter 7y agoMy personal favorite analogue are coal seam fires, which can render areas inhospitable and burn for hundreds or thousands of years.