Busbar Electricity Prices at the Tehachapi Wind Farm This Evening.

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18. An expensive accident but not comparable to, for example, the Deepwater Horizon disaster...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

We largely ignore the environmental damage done by fossil fuels, most especially from the "normal" use of fossil fuels. We're familiar with fossil fuels.

People will fill their automobile's fuel tank with toxic gasoline, maybe spilling a bit on themselves or on the ground, and breath the fumes and not be especially upset by that. And then they'll freak out about some tritium release thousands of miles distant.

Natural gas is a much greater threat to the earth's environment than nuclear power. Yet many people think gas is benign because they've cooked on a gas stove and use it to heat their homes.

"Natural" gas was one of the most successful marketing terms ever. Gas. It's Natural.

Brawndo. It's got electrolytes.

According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report, the Three Mile Island accident resulted in no deaths or injuries to plant workers or in nearby communities. Follow-up epidemiology studies have linked no incidents of cancer to the accident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Station

I remember doing some research prior to the shutdown of the Rancho Seco power station in California. All sorts of people were claiming the power plant caused cancer. How they discerned that is anyone's guess. The area surrounding the power plant was a swamp of toxic agricultural chemicals and combustion wastes.