A little more color: "Seth Godin puts nuclear power's danger in perspective. He notes that for "every person killed by nuclear power generation, 4,000 die due to coal, adjusted for the same amount of power produced"
Monday, March 28, 2011
Infographic of the day: Death rate per watts produced
Take a look at this. As the media tries their darndest to make us panic about Nuclear fallout all over the globe (cue Fox 25 news last night "how much radiation is in Boston's water?! Watch tonight at 11.") the reality is that there are much deadlier forms of energy out there. The chart below, courtesy of The Atlantic (via Bill Doyle), shows the death rates per watts produced. Ummm...
A little more color: "Seth Godin puts nuclear power's danger in perspective. He notes that for "every person killed by nuclear power generation, 4,000 die due to coal, adjusted for the same amount of power produced"
A little more color: "Seth Godin puts nuclear power's danger in perspective. He notes that for "every person killed by nuclear power generation, 4,000 die due to coal, adjusted for the same amount of power produced"
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