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[–] 146 points 6 months ago (4 children)

What's funny is that coal power puts 100x more radiation into the environment than nuclear power.

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  • [–] 58 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Apparently its also why fish are high in mercury because mercury in burnt coal eventually finds its way to the ocean.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    There was a related article, that I found as one of the most hopeful and positives for the environment…..

    I don’t remember how long they said mercury remains in the food chain but what I got out of it was that global coal is peaking and likely to decline rapidly and mercury settles out of the food chain in decades so my children may eventually be able to eat tuna and other seafood without worrying about mercury!

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    specifically tuna, its the bioaccumulation on the food web, the TUNA eats other animals that have mercury in it, that eats smaller animals that filter mercury, it piles up.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    There's been talk about re-opening the mines in Wales too and I'm sat here like why?? We already export more power, water and other resources than we get back and building nuclear plants on those sites would likely do more to lower costs of power

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