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The environmental and economical cost of excavation. Also the environmental and economical cost and waste management.

• throwaway894345 5y ago
  The environmental cost of excavation is externalized, but it's negligible compared to that of fossil fuels ("economical cost" is nonsense), but the environmental cost of managing waste very much isn't externalized. At least not in the West (less sure about China, but I'm guessing they do roughly what we do).
  • goodpoint 5y ago
    Sources needed.
    • throwaway894345 5y ago
      Not sure what you’re looking for specifically, but by far the biggest environmental threat is posed by emissions. Nuclear has the lowest emissions per unit energy of any energy source including the emissions that factor into mining the uranium and building the nuclear facilities, managing the waste, etc. https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy