> With solar, you can wear long sleeves, a hat, gloves and maybe some sunscreen on your face and you are very, very protected. To get the same kind of assurance in a nuclear plant you need significant infrastructure (or a lead suit).
Statistically, I have met people who will die of skin cancer caused by sunlight. Including quite possibly my grandfather.
Sure, you can say the blame lies with them, but the fact is that there are mountains of evidence that we don't manage ambient sunlight to a standard that would be acceptable in an industrial setting.
> You are spreading misinformation on the internet, and this is not good. Please don't do that.
No, I'm pointing out that people are irrational when it comes to radiation risk. In practice, it is completely plausible that a normally operating solar plant is more carcinogenic than a normally operating nuclear plant. Given how rare nuclear distasters are, and how overblown the responses are [1], it is even plausible that they are more carcinogenic than a failed nuclear plant in the modern era.
The risk of both solar and nuclear are low in practical terms.
Statistically, I have met people who will die of skin cancer caused by sunlight. Including quite possibly my grandfather.
Sure, you can say the blame lies with them, but the fact is that there are mountains of evidence that we don't manage ambient sunlight to a standard that would be acceptable in an industrial setting.
> You are spreading misinformation on the internet, and this is not good. Please don't do that.
No, I'm pointing out that people are irrational when it comes to radiation risk. In practice, it is completely plausible that a normally operating solar plant is more carcinogenic than a normally operating nuclear plant. Given how rare nuclear distasters are, and how overblown the responses are [1], it is even plausible that they are more carcinogenic than a failed nuclear plant in the modern era.
The risk of both solar and nuclear are low in practical terms.
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/000f864e-22ba-11e8-add1-0e8958b18...