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minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoMany, many more people have died from coal and nuclear.
minus-squarematurelemontree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days 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·edit-222 days agoI agree almost entirely! So you see now how the graph is incorrect?
minus-squarematurelemontree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoWell no, because the graph is explaining per watt of energy generated to deaths.
Many, many more people have died from coal and nuclear.
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.