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global average values of the mortality rate per billion kWh, due to all causes as reported by the World HealthOrganization (WHO), are 100 for coal, 36 for oil,
by keepamovin 3y ago
global average values of the mortality rate per billion kWh, due to all causes as reported by the World HealthOrganization (WHO), are 100 for coal, 36 for oil, 24 for biofuel/biomass,4 for natural gas, 1.4 for hydro, 0.44 for solar, 0.15 for wind and 0.04 for nuclear (Table 6)
2500 times safer and people still think it's too dangerous?
- blackeyeblitzar 3y agoSociety has a tendency to care more about prominent isolated incidents than about the “truth”. Incidents like Chernobyl, three mile island, Fukushima, etc have been talked about a lot more in news and social media than the overall statistics of safety. And since that’s what people are exposed to, their perception is based on that rather than statistics.
- keepamovin 3y agoThe everyday suffering is not as newsworthy as the standout event. Like a cognitive bias.