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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next (ageoftransformation.org)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Chernobyl was such a uniquely singularly destructive event that also contributed to financially cracking the USSR - Russia is still spending enormous amounts of money on it to this day. The nuclear incidents in US history and many other energy related disasters were terrible and have had major consequences, but Chernobyl, again as a singular event, is without parallel.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The US releases more radiation entirely uncontrolled over every five year period than the Chernobyl event.

Chernobyl is over exaggerated. Coal power has done more damage, and continues to do more damage than the totality of all nuclear incidents, and it does so every 7 years.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Chernobyl is exaggerated

Ask the dead from Pripyat what their opinion on that is

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Ask the 20-50x more cancer patients downwind (up to 50 miles) from any coal mine or plant what they think of a few thousand dead.

More people have died from coal related radiation related cancers than lived in the entirety of pripyat.

Nuclear, by the numbers is the safest power source next to solar. The rmb reactors of Chernobyl, per mWh, are safer than any implementation of coal that has ever existed or will ever exist.