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Rooftop solar is the most lethal energy source, 1000 dead a year just in the US from accidents and falls.
Hydro dams burst and kill 100-200 a year, with incidents in the 100 thousands on record.
Coal plants cause accidents and pollution and radioactive waste released as part of their normal operation (There's uranium in coal, burn it and breathe it and it'll give you cancer just like it came from Chernobyl)
Cover the country in wind turbines and you will alter rain and wind patterns.
Conventional pollutants don't go away on their own either. The half life of lead or mercury is pretty long, and unlike radioactive waste you can't point a geiger counter at it to find it.
More people are probably going to die as a result of iodine poisoning from overreaction to the Fukushima scare than any affected directly by the low levels of radiation released.
It's not simple to run a modern civilization! No easy answers.
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