Avatar

Gloomy

Gloomy@mander.xyz
Joined
1 posts • 45 comments

A buddhist vegan goth with questionable humour.

Direct message

While the tipping point has not been reached at a global level, Peduzzi cautioned during a press conference that in some localities, “we are extracting it faster than it can replenish itself”. “This is not sustainable,” he added.

Human race in a nutshell right there.

permalink
report
reply

I did indeed not know this, thank you for informing me. In this case I have to agree with your point, renewables and uranium both require mining that can be harmful to the miners and it therefore can not be used as a counterpoint against nuclear energy.

permalink
report
parent
reply

I suggest you read the article, before you make a point that if addresses just a few paragraphs in.

Uranium mining causes lung cancer in large numbers of miners because uranium mines contain natural radon gas, some of whose decay products are carcinogenic. A study of 4,000 uranium miners between 1950 and 2000 found that 405 (10 percent) died of lung cancer, a rate six times that expected based on smoking rates alone. 61 others died of mining related lung diseases. Clean, renewable energy does not have this risk because (a) it does not require the continuous mining of any material, only one-time mining to produce the energy generators; and (b) the mining does not carry the same lung cancer risk that uranium mining does.

permalink
report
parent
reply

It’s literally in the first two paragraphs.

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by nearly 3% in the first quarter of 2023, even as the bloc’s economy grew slightly, statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.

The EU’s emissions over the January to March quarter amounted to 941 million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalents, down 2.9% from a year earlier, while the economy grew 1.2% year-on-year.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Interesting reas, thanks for sharing. I don’t fully agree with some points, but it gives me something to think about and take into consideration.

permalink
report
reply

That looks a lot like German stuff. It’s grown steadily over the last 10 years. You got a fraction of the products avaible. Enjoy yourself testing it out, there’s something for eyeryone these days.

permalink
report
reply