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Chernobyl killed fewer people during the worst meltdown possible than the average coal plant kills during its lifetime of normal operation.
by thrown_22 4y ago
Chernobyl killed fewer people during the worst meltdown possible than the average coal plant kills during its lifetime of normal operation.
- polotics 4y agoalso talking about radioactive waste, guess what comes out of burning coal? more dangerous radioactive material than you'd expect. https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why-is-coal-ash-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste-and-what-is-the-exact-reason https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why-is-coal-ash-more-radio...
- 0xbadcafebee 4y agoI never said nuclear power plants were bad. But Chernobyl depopulated a 1,000 square mile region that will remain uninhabitable for hundreds to thousands of years. Do that a couple more times over a century in a densely populated area like Europe and see how easy it is to travel without a car made of lead, much less find a place to live.
- redeeman 4y agoYeah, so dangerous that the wildlife has found itself a great new sanctuary, and the babushkas that refused to evacuate and lives in the "zone" at 90 years old all died decades ago.. oh...
- antonymy 4y agoIt's not uninhabitable, it's simply uninhabited. It's perfectly safe to visit Chernobyl, or even live there, and has been for years. It's been open for tourism since 2011. Dilapidated buildings pose a bigger risk to Chernobyl tourists than radiation. Animals certainly don't seem worse off and they returned to the city long before people did.
- Kukumber 4y agoThis, people forget what they breath when they depend on coal to produce energy.. wish is sad https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/reliance-on-coal-linked-with-lung-cancer-incidence/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/reliance-...