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> Quebec is 99% renewable[0] (95% hydro, 4% wind) and runs through the coldest of winter just fine! Hydro has huge impacts on the environment and can only be b
by cbmuser 6y ago
> Quebec is 99% renewable[0] (95% hydro, 4% wind) and runs through the coldest of winter just fine!
Hydro has huge impacts on the environment and can only be built if you have mountains and large amounts of water.
Oh, and it’s one of the dealiest sources of energy. The Banqiao dam disaster in 1975 killed as much as 250.000 people while there are less than 50 deaths attributed to Chernobyl according to UNSCEAR/WHO.
- kumarvvr 6y agoChernobyl may have less deaths, but it affected the health of hundreds of thousands. If you think about the danger of renewable sources of energy, know that there is not alternative because we have no alternative planet. Betwwwn 250,000 accidental deaths and billions of suffering people, I choose the former.
- zbrozek 6y agoBut where are the billions suffering from nuclear power? As you point out, even with a generous accounting, Chernobyl was orders of magnitude less than that.
- kumarvvr 6y agoThere are many myths about Nuclear power. 1. Chernobyl was an old, unsafe design, and the disaster was human error. There are better safer designs. 2. The true toll of Chernobyl is the hundreds of thousands of people killed due to pollution from coal plants (52000 per year in US alone). Lives that could be saved if countries had shifted to Nuclear more aggressively. I don't know why you think billions are suffering from Nuclear plants. About 20% of total power generation in US is from Nuclear. Can you tell me how many millions are suffering from it?
- zbrozek 6y ago> Betwwwn 250,000 accidental deaths and billions of suffering people, I choose the former. Those were your words, so I'm asking you about the billions.