Posts by tolstoys_lizard@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #B0Lb9Hihtyk6ukO5su by tolstoys_lizard@mastodon.social
       2025-11-17T10:54:07Z
       
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       @Maxfieldripken @greensfornuclear @publius @emilylowan Hi, I'm one of the members of Greens For Nuclear. I don't think that the total death figure is relevant. Far less power was generated over the time frames Sovacool et. al. studied through solar/wind than through nuclear (60,205 TWh for nuclear versus 3,566 TWh for wind and solar combined). I heard it once quoted that more people die falling out of bed in the UK than are shot, does this make guns safer than beds?
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Lb9IFfvP78YzoQGu by tolstoys_lizard@mastodon.social
       2025-11-17T10:58:21Z
       
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       @Maxfieldripken @greensfornuclear @publius @emilylowan In the interests of completeness, Sovacool et. al. calculates total fatalities from 1950–2014 for wind at 126, solar at 13, and hydro at 177,665. Again, we're at our beds and guns comparison: would scaling up wind and solar to the scale of hydropower or nuclear make the world far safer?The fatality rate data they calculate suggests the answer is no, and actually wind is more dangerous than hydropower per unit of production.