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Man in Michigan potentially exposed to radiation levels equivalent to undergoing 4 x-rays at the doctors office. Meanwhile, in Texas, 1.5 people die every day
by pembrook 1y ago
Man in Michigan potentially exposed to radiation levels equivalent to undergoing 4 x-rays at the doctors office.
Meanwhile, in Texas, 1.5 people die every day working in Oil and Gas extraction.
A few people die every year installing or falling off of wind turbines.
But by all means, let's make this a news story instead and keep making nuclear sound scary. I’m sure the person who posted this to HN with this clickbait title has zero political beliefs.
- gnarlouse 1y agoReally puts it into perspective
- kevincox 1y agoThis is enlightening chart. Only Solar beats nuclear in deaths/Wh of energy. Even wind power results in more deaths. Additionally this uses very pessimistic numbers for large nuclear incidents and doesn't count thinks like deaths and health complications due to pollution and emitted radiation from fossil-fuel power sources (which emit way more radiation than nuclear power). https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-p...