Well, the damage to the ecosystem from the BP oil spill will likely last a few hundred years. The damage from Chernobyl will likely last for a few tens of thousands of years.

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daedrdev an hour ago | parent [-]

And yet even including Chernobyl nuclear is far safer than oil and gas per kw

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atomic_cattlepr an hour ago | parent [-]

Sure. In the same way that flying is far safer than driving. There are massive amounts of safeguards in place to keep it as safe as possible. The problem is that when something goes wrong, it goes very, very wrong. This is why some people fear flying and nuclear power.

	▲	daedrdev an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Way more people will die from climate change because we were forced to rely on oil instead of building out nuclear.
	▲	micheal_anthony an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Its not when something goes wrong, its if. And it still is much safer and a lot better for the environment than oil