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This is so wrong. If you look at the death rate from those incidents and compare them to the death rates of literally any other source of energy (including othe
by davidhariri 5y ago
This is so wrong. If you look at the death rate from those incidents and compare them to the death rates of literally any other source of energy (including other renewables), they are much much lower.
Nuclear is proven to be our most safe, clean and renewable source of energy.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldwide-by-energy-source/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldw...
- errantmind 5y agoIt isn't about averages, it is about perceived tail risk.
- wildmanxx 5y agoMaybe convince somebody then to have final storage for nuclear waste anywhere close to where they live. Once this crap is in your backyard, the armchair philosophers find excuses really fast. Similar with wind turbines, but at least those are so small scale that you can convince closeby towns fast by just letting them participate in the profits. Different story for leaking barrels stored underground. (And yes, that's how this crap ends up. Just google Asse II and then let's discuss German cleanliness again.)
- WalterBright 5y agoWho likes the poisoning of areas around coal mines?
- Ekaros 5y agoOr plants. Need to remember how many cities used to look... Not pretty with all the particulates...