Re:Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of my life
by anonporridge on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @01:04PM
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Nuclear is still the safest, even including Chernobyl and Fukishima. An equivalent number of people die from solar and wind, independently.
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
This is a huge problem for humanity to solve. We're more afraid of acute horrors that are statistically insignificant than we are of diffuse, but statistically horrifying dangers.
Re:Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of my life
by RobertRoberts on Thursday June 23, 2022 @09:08AM
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Would you rather live near a nuclear accident or a solar farm/wind turbine accident?
A simple consideration shows nuclear accidents are above and beyond the worst humans have ever experienced. There is no comparison, not even a close second.
Re:Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of my life
by michaelbarton on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @02:09PM
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Completely agree. There’s a very digestible video on why this is true as well.
Re:Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of my life
by jdvh on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @01:14PM
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Hydroelectric is the worst for catastrophic failure. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure
Nuclear reactors are extremely safe by comparison.
Until there is an accident, then it's literally the worst.