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> What would be the net effect? It wouldn't be a linear increase i.e. you can more or less estimate how many people would die per MWh produced in hydro, gas, c
by pqtyw 6mo ago
> What would be the net effect?
It wouldn't be a linear increase i.e. you can more or less estimate how many people would die per MWh produced in hydro, gas, coal etc. plants.
With nuclear if somebody dies that means a some sort of catastrophic event likely occurred regardless if a 1 or 100+ people die the reactor will be out of commission and it will cost a massive amount of money to contain it.
- anonymars 6mo agoI'm not following the argument for being able to estimate deaths per [T]Wh for hydro, gas, etc. but not nuclear. I think hydroelectric is especially analogous
- peterfirefly 6mo agoShould we include this case? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure
- anonymars 6mo agoWhy wouldn't we?