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So because you (Germans) have an irrational fear of a black swan event (there has been seven nuclear accidents with fatal outcome in the 60 years we have been n
by anon4242 7y ago
So because you (Germans) have an irrational fear of a black swan event (there has been seven nuclear accidents with fatal outcome in the 60 years we have been nuclear [1] with a very low death toll), you instead are participating in killing off nearly 1 million ppl per year by burning coal [2]. Heck, even if you went all wind & solar the annual death toll would be higher per TWh [3].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accident...
[2] https://endcoal.org/health/ https://endcoal.org/health/
[3] https://www.energycentral.com/c/ec/deaths-nuclear-energy-compared-other-causes https://www.energycentral.com/c/ec/deaths-nuclear-energy-com...
- VyperCard 7y agoTihange has to preheat their emergency cooling water to prevent the reactor vessel from rupturing in an emergency because of the large cracks in it.
- anoncake 7y agoThe average number of deaths caused by a nuclear each year is neither "risk" (for a country) nor "of making a huge part of the country uninhabitable".
- anon4242 7y agoThe acid rains we get here in northern Europe thanks to the Germans insistency with burning coal sure doesn't improve the habitability of the country either. I much rather take a minuscule risk of making my country uninhabitable than the certainty of doing so (even if done slowly over time).
- anoncake 7y agoSince we aren't going to burn coal forever acid rain won't make any country uninhabitable.