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Why not provide non-dubious statistics then? Looking forward to you providing us with hard numbers.

• pydry 5y ago
  ~30,000 people died as a result of Chernobyl. Can you find 20 people who have died installing solar panels? I found about 7 examples on google globally (3 in the US). The rest of the pages were the dubious statistics calculating "deaths per TWh" that both downplay cancer deaths from nuclear power and extrapolate tens of thousands of falling-off-rooftop-deaths if we generated as much electricity from our residential rooftops as we would from nuclear (which we wouldnt, rooftop solar will always be comparatively minor). This says very little about solar it just says that clambering about on roofs kills people.
  • neoromantique 5y ago
    While Chernobyl was a disaster , “ ~30,000 people died as a result of Chernobyl.” is just ridiculous.
  • Jensson 5y ago
    > ~30,000 people died as a result of Chernobyl. According to what number? This WHO article says it is estimated to be about 4000 deaths: https://www.who.int/news/item/05-09-2005-chernobyl-the-true-scale-of-the-accident https://www.who.int/news/item/05-09-2005-chernobyl-the-true-... There were many much higher estimates made in 1986 when the disaster happened, but they turned out to be wrong. Apparently small amounts of radiation spread out over many people doesn't increase cancer rates. There were very noticeable increases in cancer near the disaster area, but most of those cancer patients survived. > A total of up to 4000 people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident nearly 20 years ago, an international team of more than 100 scientists has concluded.
    • pydry 5y ago
      https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/785/chernobyl-death-toll https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/785/cherno...