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What is the number of deaths per TWh by energy source?
What
is the number of deaths per TWh by energy source? Here is a nice and
interactive chart at the IBM research website Many Eyes (http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/visualizations/2e5d4dcc4fb511e0ae0c000255111976)
allowing you to compare the number of deaths measured per terawatt hour
(TWH) attributed to each of the main sources of energy worldwide: coal,
oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and biomass as well as the
proportion that each contribute to global energy production... data is
from a variety of resources including World Health Organization (more
info could be found here http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html)...
it is not surprising coal is the most lethal energy source largely due
to its particulate emissions... by comparison nuclear is doing quite
well (the data already includes the deaths attributable to Chernobyl)...
and this is while the data does not include the effects of global
warming due to the use of coal, oil etc, so the numbers for these
sources could be even higher...
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