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The statistics i've seen do include resource extraction (which is pretty safe for nuclear power, because you need so little fuel). I have not seen them refuted
by twic 6y ago
The statistics i've seen do include resource extraction (which is pretty safe for nuclear power, because you need so little fuel).
I have not seen them refuted on HN. I would be interested to see a refutation - and if a refutation is posted every time, it should be easy for you to find.
- onli 6y agoI'm hesitant to argue more than I already did against that straw man argument. It's just a propaganda talking point, it's not actually an argument pro nuclear energy. And it's indecent. But if you are honestly interested, read the greenpeace criticism of these studies to understand how the statistic might be false and how it can be disputed, https://wayback.archive-it.org/9650/20200415093014/http://p3-raw.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/deaths-and-energy-technologies/blog/34275/ https://wayback.archive-it.org/9650/20200415093014/http://p3.... Sure, it's easy to ignore that by looking at where it's coming from, but that goes both ways.
- didibus 6y agoYour article seems to show that Nuclear is the least deadly of all energies? Am I misreading?