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We could be running all electric cars on nuclear, indirectly, if we would start building more power plants. cue the anti-nuclear power comments

• potta_coffee 7y ago
  We still don't know the full extent of the environmental impact of the Fukushima disaster. Can we afford more incidents of that nature? I'm not certain.
  • Buttons840 7y ago
    Is this satire?
  • anchpop 7y ago
    That's nice, but we do know that burning fossil fuels kills a huge number of people [0]. Moving away from fossil fuels will require some form of nuclear power. Much of Europe has successfully transitioned most of their power to nuclear [1], so it's not like the concept is some experimental sci-fi dream. From an environmental standpoint, nuclear is by far our cleanest option based on all the information we have. [0]: https://qz.com/568450/fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-every-year-than-wars-murders-and-traffic-accidents-combined/ https://qz.com/568450/fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-every-ye... [1]: http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/france.aspx http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pro...
  • stale2002 7y ago
    Is the "full effect" more than a million deaths a year? Because that's how many people coal kills. And Im not talking about global warming. I am instead only talking about the pollution deaths. If Chernobyl happened like 3 times every single year, that would still be safer than coal, TBH.
    • DuskStar 7y ago
      > If Chernobyl happened like 3 times every single year, that would still be safer than coal, TBH. More like 300, assuming 4000 (as per the IAEA) deaths from Chernobyl.