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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Paraphrased but this is right.

And the people were taught to talk about the horrible nuclear accidents that killed a few but completely glance over the unimaginable millions perished in the name of oil, mustn't even mention the mass extinction events we launched with oil.

We even spread exaggerated bullshit about radiation mutation (wtf? thats superhero comic books fiction!!) and cancer rates (only one really), ignoring how much overwhelmingly more of the both we get from fossil fuel products.

We are like prehistoric people going extinct bcs of the tales how generations ago someone burned down their house so fire bad. Well, actually not like that - we are taking with us a lot of species & entire ecosystems too.

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's more like "Bob and Jim died in a fire a while ago, so everyone decided to put up with heaps of people dying to hypothermia and uncooked meat"

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The local undertaker family tells the story about Bob and Jim once a week to the whole village (attendance is mandatory).

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

We're all stories in the end.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

“Ted Kennedy killed more people than Three Mile Island” - Bumper sticker.

That’s said, I facepalm at Fukushima. And desperately want more modern systems

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

An argument against fossil fuels is not an argument for nuclear.