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About 100,000 per year, actually.
by ashtonkem 5y ago
About 100,000 per year, actually.
- arcticbull 5y agoBetween 25 and 33 deaths per TWh generated [1]. It's about 40% of the world's generation capacity. It totals right around 45,000TWh/yr (3890MToe). [2] So that works out to approximately 1.125-1.4 million people per year dying from coal power. I've seen other reports point to around 800K. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_supply_and_consumption#cite_note-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_supply_and_consum...
- pfdietz 5y agoAt a statistical value of $9M per life (the value used by the NRC when evaluating nuclear safety improvements), 30 deaths per TWh would add $0.27/kWh.