Over $2.3 Billion for Opponents of Nuclear Power: “Uniquely Dangerous”

Annual Revenue of Left-Leaning Opponents of Carbon-Free Nuclear Power Exceeds $2.3 Billion (full series)
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“Uniquely Dangerous”

As to the claim from the Sierra Club that nuclear energy is a “uniquely dangerous technology,” consider a 2020 analysis by Our World in Data that calculated the historic death toll from all forms of energy production. The tabulation included mining of raw materials, drilling, and all other factors unique to each energy system. Because this included premature deaths from air pollution, the burning of brown coal (at 32.72 fatalities per terawatt hour) reigned supreme as the most deadly energy option of all.

Nuclear (0.03 deaths/TWh) and solar (0.02) were revealed to be the two safest means of keeping the lights on.

The burning of brown coal (at 32.72 fatalities per terawatt hour) reigned supreme as the most deadly energy option of all. Nuclear (0.03 deaths/TWh) and solar (0.02) were revealed to be the two safest means of keeping the lights on. Credit: Hanna Ritchie and Max Roser/OurWorldInData.org. License: https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy.

On a non-safety level, there is no remote comparison. Nuclear ranks as one of the most reliable power sources we have, while the sun reliably fails to shine for many hours every night, everywhere on Earth. Nuclear is the largest source of zero-carbon energy produced in the United States—kicking out far more electricity each year than solar and wind combined.

This production occurs despite a multi-decade drought in the deployment of new American nuclear reactors and the subsidizing of weather-restricted, landscape-polluting wind turbines and solar panels. A lot of the blame for each of these shameful developments belongs to the following groups, their donors, and their membership.

In the next installment, see the long list of anti-nuclear nonprofits with revenue figures.