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Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by njarboe on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @01:30PM (#20042966)
The amount of cancer caused by the sun each year worldwide is probably in the millions. Not very safe, but turning it off would be worse. Life is full of trade offs. Until coal burning plants are all gone the world should embrace nuclear power as a much better alternative.
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Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by badloginagain on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @02:23PM (#20043613)
Shit if you want to talk about radioactive damage, coal mines emit huge amounts of radiation that aren't "counted" because the radiation is "naturally occuring".
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Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by saalweachter on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:50PM (#20045315)
My personal favorite analogue are coal seam fires, which can render areas inhospitable and burn for hundreds or thousands of years.
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