The Pros and Cons of Atomic Power

John Sutter: Fire is deep and profound, but not really. He says free oxygen did not exist for most of Earth's history which means there weren't any fires either. For every one person that dies due to atomic power, coal kills 344 people,. Oil kills 258. Even biofuels like ethanol kill 64. In terms of sheer death, nuclear power is safer. But do you know it's even scarier? Fossil fuels. That doesn't even consider the destruction wrought by greenhouse gases. And arguably it's more natural than burning fossil fuels.