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minus-squarematurelemontree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf you add up the total number of deaths since nuclear inception in the 50s then ramp up the attributed deaths to the maximum number of possible deaths, the total rounding up, is 102,000. Coal alone exceeds that by estimates millions every year.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI agree almost entirely! So you see now how the graph is incorrect?
minus-squarematurelemontree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWell no, because the graph is explaining per watt of energy generated to deaths.
If you add up the total number of deaths since nuclear inception in the 50s then ramp up the attributed deaths to the maximum number of possible deaths, the total rounding up, is 102,000. Coal alone exceeds that by estimates millions every year.
I agree almost entirely! So you see now how the graph is incorrect?
Well no, because the graph is explaining per watt of energy generated to deaths.