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The environmental cost of excavation is externalized, but it's negligible compared to that of fossil fuels ("economical cost" is nonsense), but the environmenta
by 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 agoSources needed.
- throwaway894345 5y agoNot 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