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tehsauce on July 31, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nuclear energy is clean

I’m curious what caused those 0.02 deaths per terawatt for solar.

zbrozek on July 31, 2022 | [–]

At a guess, accidents during installation or maintenance, e.g., falling off a roof or grabbing live high voltage DC.

jmyeet on July 31, 2022 | [–]

Roof installers (no cap).

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