Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis
by audunw on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:55PM
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The problem with these comparisons, is that a death from installing rooftop solar is arguably something that the person doing the work actually have at least some ability to prevent.
A death in a nuclear accident, or premature death from pollution, is not something the person doing the dying has much if any control over.
Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis
by lucb1e on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:58AM
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Isn't that exactly what they said, that nuclear is the lowest, so it makes sense that rooftop solar is worse (in terms of death only, of course)?
Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis
by boomboomsubban on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:39AM
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Your source is behind a paywall, but the small part available says
>In comparison, nuclear energy was considered the safest energy source
At the same time, their second source addresses that non-rooftop solar likely has a far lower mortality rate, and either way has 100x less of a mortality rate than coal.
Talking about rooftop solar in a safety context is very much a straw man argument. Putting stuff on roofs is dangerous, but you don't need to put solar on a roof.
PS: Concentrating solar is also very different from a cost and risk perspective than photovoltaic solar.