Compare energy sources by standardized, per‑unit metrics of immediate human harm (deaths per terawatt‑hour) alongside lifecycle greenhouse gases. Policy should treat these empirical health and climate indicators as the primary decision criteria—not ideology about technologies—so that transitions maximize lives‑saved while cutting emissions.
— Using per‑TWh mortality and emissions as the default policy metric reframes debates away from 'nuclear vs renewables' identity politics toward measurable priorities that guide investment, permitting, and retirement of fossil infrastructure.
2026.01.05
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OWID provides death‑per‑TWh estimates (including air‑pollution and accident contributions) showing coal and biomass orders of magnitude worse than nuclear and modern renewables.
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