safe power
i asserted yesterday nuclear power plants are safe. let's see just how safe. in terms of deaths per unit of power (not counting estimated deaths from global warming): hydroelectric kills 2.5; wind kills 4; rooftop solar power kills 10; natural gas kills 100; biofuel 300; us coal 375; oil 900; coal world wide 4000; chinese coal 7000. compare all those dead people to nuclear: 1. that's right. we are sacrificing the lives of real life human beings because of our irrational fear of radiation. phooey. 2 million people live in hiroshima. even if you count the number of extra deaths from cancer from the slightly higher levels of radiation due to the uncontrolled nuclear reaction of the atomic bomb, nuclear power is still the safest way to go.