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This is the problem with the "nuclear is completely safe" people: there's only one biosphere, and anything you put in it eventually ends up very thinly spread e
by pjc50 10mo ago
This is the problem with the "nuclear is completely safe" people: there's only one biosphere, and anything you put in it eventually ends up very thinly spread everywhere.
- yabones 10mo agoI don't think anybody would earnestly argue that anything is "completely safe" because that's not how risk management works. The exhaust of 250 years of fossil fuel energy production is stored in your lungs and bloodstream. It kills five million people every year. As bad as some of the nuclear accidents have been, it's minuscule compared to what happens on a daily basis in the oil/gas/coal industry.
- littlestymaar 10mo agoAgreed, “perfectly safe” is nonsensical. Even wind turbines aren't “perfectly safe” either: https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/daring-rescue-of-enercon-worker-with-arm-stuck-in-wind-turbine/2-1-1865378 https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/daring-rescue-of-enercon-w...
- chihuahua 10mo ago"10 people being killed by nuclear power is a tragedy. 5 million people being killed by coal mining and burning is a statistic." - Josef Stalin