• Ertebolle@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    3800 people a year die from coal plant pollution in the US alone; there are, in fact, much worse things than Chernobyl

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      10 months ago

      Great reasons to not use coal either.

      there are, in fact, much worse things than Chernobyl

      So then anything not as bad is A-OK?

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        10 months ago

        More nuclear = less coal, that’s the thrust of like half of the comments here dude

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          I mean, we are using less coal in the US than we were… and that’s without more nuclear.