I don't see how that's meant to be a rebuttal. I don't know the figures, but I wouldn't be surprised if hydro (replacing carbon) has saved a lot of lives. My qu

I don't see how that's meant to be a rebuttal. I don't know the figures, but I wouldn't be surprised if hydro (replacing carbon) has saved a lot of lives. My quote was referring to people claiming that per unit energy, renewables are dramatically safer. Hydro is great where available, and renewables are important. There just isn't a compelling reason to rule out nuclear energy at this point.