• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    A hydro damn breaking has killed more people than Chernobyl before, and probably will again. Renewables are not perfect either unfortunately. Though some are slightly safer than nuclear.

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      1 month ago

      Most are safer than nuclear, but until the environmental cost of manufacturing them is outweighed by the benefit of their use then nuclear is the least intolerable stopgap.

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          1 month ago

          Some do. Hydro is a net positive, not sure about wind but probably, but last I heard solar not so much. That may have changed since.

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            1 month ago

            I know manufacturing panels and batteries have a significant environmental cost. Being a net negative though I am not sure about. Could you link some sources?