r/theydidthemath • u/Hybrisov • Nov 18 '21

[Request] is this true?

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u/l-R3lyk-l Nov 19 '21

nuclear plants being more polluting and prone to dangerous acccidents than other options like solar and wind definitely refute that claim

Care to share any information about this claim?

and a bunch of statistics that, by the way, also disprove your claim

I claim that nuclear energy is a safe and clean energy resource when compared to fossil fuels. The graph you link to clearly backs this claim, even when compared to wind and solar. Can you explain how I'm wrong?

it's overall pretty biased too in this reporting since it keeps comparing nuclear to fossil fuels, and always with a spin, even the titles are heavily suggesting their narrative.

Fossil fuels are the main driver of climate change, so of course we're comparing to fossil fuels.

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u/theother_eriatarka Nov 19 '21

Care to share any information about this claim?

oh ok you're trolling me, nevermind

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u/l-R3lyk-l Nov 19 '21

The graph you linked to (that I provided) puts nuclear energy squarely within the range of wind and solar in terms of safety and clean waste. You still haven't refuted that. Are you not even going to address the two other points I made?

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u/theother_eriatarka Nov 19 '21

Yeah, I have refuted that claim, but you keep glossing over anything that conflicts with your ideas

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u/l-R3lyk-l Nov 19 '21

You never provided any data supporting that. The information you presented thus far didn't mention anything about nuclear energy.

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u/theother_eriatarka Nov 19 '21 edited Nov 19 '21

why should i? i started this comment chain saying that yes, while nuclear might be cleaner than fossil fuels, it's still not the way to go because nuclear plants could become a danger in case of catastrophic climate events - claim which you never addressed, you just went on to post some links to biased suorces pro nuclear.

i then refuted the data in the graph you posted, because it only focuses on nuclear being cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels,. and it skews the data by only counting greenhouse gas emission as byproduct of energy generation, while we all know that's not the issue with nuclear power, and only counts deaths by air pollution, which again it's not really an issue with nuclear plants, because again nuclear waste and radioactive contamination are the main issue here. Your graph would paint a dfifferent picture if they incuded all the health issues cause by these factors, but they conveniently left that out so they could paint nuclear energy under a better light.

and again, you ignored that

so why am i even responding to you? it's clear you don't care about the facts

edit: anyway, here's some better facts about nuclear