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They kill a lot of people when not built and operated correctly, which is what the article points out, right? What would happen if the Chinese took the same at
by shangxiao 12y ago
They kill a lot of people when not built and operated correctly, which is what the article points out, right?
What would happen if the Chinese took the same attitude with nuclear power?
- jlebar 12y ago> What would happen if the Chinese took the same attitude with nuclear power? I'd bet it would be pretty calamitous, as you imply. I can't say I'm comfortable with the idea. However, would it kill 300,000 people every year? I'm not so sure.
- shangxiao 12y agoI don't honestly know where 300,000 came from wrt that Forbes article. I have different number: 1,049 from [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#Accidents_and_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#Accidents_and_de...