Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down156file-text
arrow-up1330arrow-down1imageA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialForester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoThis is probably true when it comes to wind, but deaths from hydro is all about dams breaking.
minus-squareDupaCycki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 hours agoAlmost all deaths from both nuclear and hydro are caused by major accidents like Chernobyl or the Banqiao Dam. Which makes you think, considering coal power plants still cause infinitely more deaths - and that’s just standard operation.
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoExactly. Also the deaths from coal are not contained to a single spot. Just the radioactive damage from coal under normal operation is worse than the radioactive damage from nuclear disasters.
This is probably true when it comes to wind, but deaths from hydro is all about dams breaking.
Almost all deaths from both nuclear and hydro are caused by major accidents like Chernobyl or the Banqiao Dam.
Which makes you think, considering coal power plants still cause infinitely more deaths - and that’s just standard operation.
Exactly. Also the deaths from coal are not contained to a single spot.
Just the radioactive damage from coal under normal operation is worse than the radioactive damage from nuclear disasters.