Both your points are valid (and highly common) talking points in the debate, but coal and petrol aren't exempt from these matters. 1) There is no handling of s

Both your points are valid (and highly common) talking points in the debate, but coal and petrol aren't exempt from these matters. 1) There is no handling of spent fuel. The atmosphere handles it. At least nuclear lets us capture and store it for handling it later. 2) Oil drilling and coal mining both go wrong constantly, with enough deaths and environmental impact to swallow nuclears' very short list of disasters https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-d... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_gas_and_oil_production_accidents_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_gas_and_oil_pr... 3) Even when things aren't going wrong, people still die working on oil rigs. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6420a4.htmt https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6420a4.htmt I'll add that these numbers are likely deflated due to me mostly focusing on US stats. Dare I say that the problem is even worse than these articles portray.