Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
by ls15 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @12:46PM
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Statistically, the low death rates for renewables are comparable to the low death rate for nuclear. Renewables emit more greenhouse gas than nuclear:
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
Nuclear is often compared to flying: accidents can happen and are crazy scary, but on average flying is the safest way to travel.
Worldwide we have roughly 10% nuclear energy for electricity. And we had roughly 20 to 25 years between nuclear disasters (Sellafield, Harrisburg, Chernobyl, Fukushima). If we had had 100% nuclear, it would mean such a disaster would occure approx. every 2 to 2.5 years.
We also cannot close the books about this disasters. They still are going to hurt and kill people. Ask the Russian soldiers that camped at Prypiat this spring. You might say: They should not have done this and known better. But this is how things play out in reality, while in theory they should not happen.
And then there is the strategic problem in a war. It is no wonder that on maps of the situation in Ukraine like this https://militaryland.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/day_234_... the locations of nuclear power plants are emphasized. Renewables would provide a far better situation for a nation that needs to defend itself, because they are decentralized.