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		KptMarchewa on July 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why we ignore thousands of daily car crashes Coal is (probably) permamently destroying 510 million square kilometers of Earth. Few square miles is amazingly small price for a carbon free energy.

andrepd on July 21, 2022 [–]

Even if it were true, the Chernobyl exclusion zone is mostly habitable now.

thrown_22 on July 21, 2022 | [–]

It's also the worlds largest nature reserve.

There is something poignant that nuclear apocalypse is better for the environment than human civilization as it normally functions.

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