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"Rooftop solar power is actually more dangerous than Chernobyl." https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2008/03/deaths-per-twh-for-all-energy-sources.html https://www.n
by garmaine 7y ago
"Rooftop solar power is actually more dangerous than Chernobyl."
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2008/03/deaths-per-twh-for-all-energy-sources.html https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2008/03/deaths-per-twh-for-all...
People have an unfortunate tendency to fall off roofs and break their necks when installing solar power panels.
- ptah 7y agothat would be one person, not all the cities in the entire region as would be in danger from a small nuclear reactor malfunction, as in OP
- garmaine 7y agoThat's not how utilitarian math works, sorry. You want to minimize harm? Calculate how much harm per unit energy is done by a source of power. If you actually do that math, you'll find that nuclear is the SAFEST option out there, despite what you might have been led to believe.