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Nuclear is still the safest, even including Chernobyl and Fukishima. An equivalent number of people die from solar and wind, independently. https://ourworldind
by anonporridge 4y ago
Nuclear is still the safest, even including Chernobyl and Fukishima. An equivalent number of people die from solar and wind, independently.
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
This is a huge problem for humanity to solve. We're more afraid of acute horrors that are statistically insignificant than we are of diffuse, but statistically horrifying dangers.
- michaelbarton 4y agoCompletely agree. There’s a very digestible video on why this is true as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EhAemz1v7dQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EhAemz1v7dQ
- RobertRoberts 4y agoWould you rather live near a nuclear accident or a solar farm/wind turbine accident? A simple consideration shows nuclear accidents are above and beyond the worst humans have ever experienced. There is no comparison, not even a close second.