Re:German policy costs at least 25000 lives/year (Score 1)

Hi I think, that those statistics are not a good ground for discussion 1) The statistics forget about indirect deaths (how much deaths are attributed to the Tchernobly accident ????) I think, all counts on death rates after this are wrong and the estimations are unrealistic - on the low end and on the high end. 2) You forget about one inevitable follow up - even if death rate may be low - this is the uninhabitable area after such an accident. The Tchernobly area was not densely populated - and they even had to evacuated - how many ? - people ....; the situation would be totally different in densely populated central Europe. All states in Europe tend to place their nuclear power plants at less densely populated areas and/or near their state borders - but at the cost of neighboring countries. So - no chance to get out of this mess. So - in my opinion - nuclear power is an environmental crime commited by a few at the cost for all of us. Simply because the potential dangers involved are far greater than any other energy source currently available - even the dreaded coal plants. Statistics look back - as you have done in your post - but a simple personal risk evaluation would teach us otherwise. So - be cautious with such statements on mass murder. I personnally think, it is the other way round - the people promoting nuclear power are the - future - mass murderers.