Comment by wat10000
2 hours ago
We definitely should look at the entire supply chain for all of them, assuming the goal is maximum benefit for minimum suffering.
2 hours ago
We definitely should look at the entire supply chain for all of them, assuming the goal is maximum benefit for minimum suffering.
> maximum benefit
If we do that, we need to assign a value to a statistical human life. This is usually taken to be something like $12M (adjusted for age).
If we do that, we discover the contribution of lost lives to the cost of solar and wind (and nuclear, without accidents) is lost in the noise. So, the problem ends up choosing the source that is directly cheaper; differences in deaths per TWh can be ignored.