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    22 hours ago

    All I hear is a lot of bad logic. The worst nuclear incidents took place over 30 years ago. The closest we’ve seen to those in more recent times required a tsunami to hit the reactor and even then there wasn’t all that much damage.

    Modern style plants are incredibly safe.

    Of course today solar and wind work and are cheaper. But these unfounded fears about nuclear have held us back

    And yes there is a risk a very small risk. Fossil fuels have and continue to kill more people by every possible measure, but this was preferable to nuclear. Why? The answer is simple it’s preferable to have a poor person crushed or end their life choking to death due to the lung damage then it is to have a miniscule risk that you may face the repercussions of your consumption. Dying for your electricity is for poor people