Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
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Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
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#2The brain is not designed to understand statistics. Nuclear accidents are theatrical and fun, and therefore get a lot of play on the media when they happen. Look no further than the media circus surrounding Fukushima to confirm.
Everybody is scared to death of Sharks, yet sharks killed only 1 person in the US last year. Cows killed 20, 75% of which were deliberate attacks, but almost no one is afraid of a Cow.
Meanwhile 17,775 people died in traffic accidents, yet people jump in cars like it's routine. You're literally 17,000% more likely to die in your own car than you are by a shark, but again, brains don't understand that.
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#3Strange, there have been lots of discussions about nuclear on HN and a lot of people here don't like it.
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#4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_to_noise_ratio is very high
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#5Strange, there have been lots of discussions about nuclear on HN and a lot of people here don't like it. e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13234463
According to the headline, that's to be expected.
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#6This has been known for a long time in informed circles.
The problems with nuclear are waste and that we use vastly outdated designs and fuel sources.
Nuclear is not perfect, but we should not buy into a perfection fallacy when looking to get away from fossil fuels.
Solar is a better long term bet but a good progressive nuclear strategy that added a handful of small modern reactors could be massively complementary to it.
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#7Is it the safest when projecting for increased usage? While also taking into account modern threat vectors to a nuclear plant? I have no idea, just thinking out loud.
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#8the only problem is where to get the uranium, I believe russia gets it from kazakhstan. france from niger. does US buys it from kazakhstan as well ?
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#9All the energy sources in this article except for nuclear are horrible for our environment and for our health. The important question is what do we replace them with. And if that is the important question, what good is this article if it shows only one solution, explicitly not comparing it with the other solutions?
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#10Chernobyl: 56 direct deaths, estimated 4000 killed by cancer caused by it, economic damage: $235b
Radiation of the disaster still detectable all over Europe.
Fukushima: 6 dead, estimate of 1600 more people killed indirectly, economic damage so far: between $10b and $100b Radiation detectable on California beaches. No solution for the radioactive waste (other than dumping it into the pacific where it can mingle with the Great Pacific Garbage patch)
FUCK energy sources that are capable of doing that. FUCK these opinion pieces.