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"Outside of third world countries, nobody dies from coal. It's not even a health problem." is not true, see this DOE report: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/
by schimmy_changa 6y ago
"Outside of third world countries, nobody dies from coal. It's not even a health problem."
is not true, see this DOE report: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/Environment%20Baseline%20Vol.%202--Environmental%20Quality%20and%20the%20U.S.%20Power%20Sector--Air%20Quality%2C%20Water%20Quality%2C%20Land%20Use%2C%20and%20Environmental%20Justice.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/Environm...
This adds about 25 points to the AQI if you live in the red zone, data is from 2016.
Even if it doesn't kill you through cardiac effects, how much asthma and QALYs are you losing from that?