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Re:Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to g... by perilunar on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:56AM (#19453020)
> and damages the environment for decades if not more

Though apparently radiation is not as bad for the flora and fauna as people are:

“Wildlife is thriving around Chernobyl since the people left”

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28281-wildlife-is-thr...

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Re:Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to g... by Sabinus on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:55PM (#19459036)
Animals and plants don't care as much about higher infant mortality, cancers or lower lifespans as humans do. Plus the cumulative effects of radiation are less deadly than human predation and habitat destruction.
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