Bird death from turbines small-scale and highly predictable. Deaths from nuclear can range from zero to regional catastrophe and it's basically impossible to predict when it'll happen and how bad it'll be.
I'm not anti-nuclear, but the risk profile is SO different from wind.
The worst case is worse, but nuclear disasters are so rare and reactors produce so much power that nuclear is safer than wind in terms of deaths per TWh.
As is the power generation profile. Wind/solar/tidal are important to develop, and the risk profile should include whatever peaker or storage backs up the variability in generation.
Because solar and wind are a fraction of the capex and opex, have none of the risk or security headaches, more easily distributed (meaning less grid infrastructure) and don't generate nuclear waste.
kdmccormick|2 years ago
I'm not anti-nuclear, but the risk profile is SO different from wind.
fasterik|2 years ago
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
landemva|2 years ago
As is the power generation profile. Wind/solar/tidal are important to develop, and the risk profile should include whatever peaker or storage backs up the variability in generation.
KennyBlanken|2 years ago
stephenr|2 years ago