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Genuinely surprised "radiation" didn't make the list.
by formerly_proven 5y ago
Genuinely surprised "radiation" didn't make the list.
- DocTomoe 5y agoNah, like all "fears", these are linked to current topics for the larger part of the population. Radiation fears are so 1980s, with a short revival post-Fukushima. These days is all about the next hard-to-grasp concept that has little chance of ever actually happening (like the earth literally catching fire because of 2 or even 10 degrees celsius of rising temperatures, something even otherwise sane people do bring up from time to time.)
- indigo945 5y agoClimate change will increase the rate and extent of wildfires. I don't think anyone is seriously proposing that the entire planet will catch fire.
- jansan 5y agoThat was on top of the list right after Fukushima (also because the average German thinks that all the casualties from the Tsunami were killed by radiation). Now, nuclear power plants are being switched off, nulear energy is basically off the table, so why should they worry about the "Atom".