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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Putting a nuclear power plant in Florida is by far the dumbest thing I'll read all day.

[–] reddig33 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But nuclear is “safe”! And “clean”!

/s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It actually is though. Even counting Chernobyl it has fewer deaths per kwh than wind energy.

[–] reddig33 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then I guess Florida has nothing to worry about. I’ve never heard of wind energy killing anyone. Did someone fall off a turbine while servicing it or something?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah that's the most common case. It's big construction, so there'll always be some hazard there.

Wind 0.04 deaths per twh vs nuclear with 0.03

Solar is a little lower than nuclear, presumably because you don't need to work with heights.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldwide-by-energy-source/