Anon questions our energy sector - eviltoast
  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Most of those didn’t involve the magic rocks, and most didn’t hurt anyone.

    More people die creating the building materials for a powerplant (or a windmills, or a solar panel) than ever during operation. The numbers really don’t matter.

    I honestly don’t care what we do, as long as we stop burning coal, oil and gas. The way I see it, every nuclear plant and windmill means we all die a little later.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      This is the way. Nuclear is actually one of the safer energy sources, and one of the more reliable. It’s also more expensive than most renewables. As always it comes down to local conditions and situations that favor one power source over another - like countries with lots of geothermal that can be exploited or solar probably won’t go nuclear.