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> More more people have died from dam collapses in the last fifty years than nuclear accidents. And vastly more lives have been saved by dams preventing floodi
by revertmean 4y ago
> More more people have died from dam collapses in the last fifty years than nuclear accidents.
And vastly more lives have been saved by dams preventing flooding (something nuclear isn't particularly good at) and providing a stable water supply (again, nuclear doesn't do so well here).
People seem to forget that dams aren't just built for electricity generation.
- bigfudge 4y agoAlso, a lot of the dam/flood deaths are horrible corporate mining bund collapsing etc, not high end public power infra. Would be interesting to see the numbers on 1) first world countries and 2) first world countries excluding the US which seems to have such a dysfunctional attitude to public works. I very much doubt scandi countries or Germany are killing many people this way.