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by clemensley 1792 days ago
Germany's phasing out of nuclear after Fukushima costs $12 Billions and 1,100 lives every year. https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26598/w265...

For comparison, 1 person died from radiation exposure after Fukushima. https://ourworldindata.org/what-was-the-death-toll-from-cher...

A small group of well meaning "activists" have cost many lives bc they did not look at the data.