Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down162file-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
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minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThis is probably true when it comes to wind, but deaths from hydro is all about dams breaking.
minus-squareDupaCycki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months 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-up6·2 months 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.