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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, BUT the risk isn't distributed like the rest. One Reactor could displace tens of millions of people, disrupt infrastructure, and cause devastating impact to the US economy. That's a lot of risk based on it's proximity. If they could build them in the middle of nowhere out west that could all be mitigated.

[-] Sarcastik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Right. Most don't understand that risk is not just measured by frequency alone, but also by severity.

Nuclear is off the charts once you consider the full magnitude of a failure.

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