Comments on: Reconsidering Nuclear Energy https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/ Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501095 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:10:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501095 feralboy12, would you like to point to a particular part of my post that makes me a grandstanding drama queen?

Azkyroth, given that the air pollution numbers are the ones used for coal deaths, I’m not sure why that wouldn’t be clear to you if you followed the links.

]]> By: Vince whirlwind https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501094 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:31:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501094 Feralboy, it is my *choice* whether to live within 20 metres of sea level or not.

It is not my *choice* to be subjected to the risk of enduring a shower of radioactive particles, except insofar as I can object loudly and often to the nuclear industry and do my best to point out at every available opportunity the dishonesty inherent in this dangerous, dirty, and uneconomic business that only exists by virtue of secrecy and government handouts..

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501093 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:51:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501093 It is very clear to me that the health effects, past and present, of mining uranium in the Congo and Nigeria (and elsewhere) are never included in these numbers.

]]> By: Azkyroth https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501092 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:37:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501092 It’s not clear to me whether the amount of radioactive and toxic shit being spewed into the air from coal plants, or the health effects of airborne particulate matter that coal plants produce a fair amount of, are being considered in those numbers.

]]> By: feralboy12 https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501091 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:08:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/22/reconsidering-nuclear-energy/#comment-501091 A bunch of grandstanding drama kings & queens who act like nobody has bothered to consider the safety of nuclear power before.
I know there are risks involved and problems to be solved, but it looks like a lot more people died from living too close to the ocean than from radiation. Why aren’t we discussing the safety of living on the coast?

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