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Nuclear dangers and issues aren’t theoretical. The Chernobyl Absolute Exclusion Zone is quite literally 1,000 square miles.

• robertlagrant 6y ago
  The dangers of flying aren't theoretical either. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is still missing 7 years later.
  • cletus 6y ago
    Yes and the fatal accident rate for commercial airlines, based on some quick googling, is 0.27 incidents per million flights. We’ve had at least 3 nuclear disasters (Chernobyl, Fukushima and There Mile Island) and Google suggests there are 440 reactors in the world (current; so add a few more for decommissioned).
    • robertlagrant 6y ago
      So what's the point in absolute statements like "the dangers aren't theoretical". So what if they aren't? Everything is about tradeoffs, and the collective decision to keep coal, with all its attendant problems, is a worse tradeoff.
    • tinco 6y ago
      Of those, only Chernobyl can be reasonably compared to the loss of life of an airline crash. Three Mile Island wasn't even a disaster, except for the wallets of the investors. Working at Fukushima for 40 years was safer than your average construction job, even if you worked during the disaster. And if you have to unfairly compare nuclear safety to airliners, also consider that airliner disasters have become 40 times less frequent than they were when Chernobyl happened.
• tinco 6y ago
  And humanity is greatly affected by the loss of use of a patch of land? I'm saying it's inconsequential. How many people are dying from coal plants? How many are dying from the exhausts of ICE cars. How many more from the rising tides, the swelling storms and the blistering droughts?