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TheWraith

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3. And people still obsess about Chernobyl...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 12:46 PM

Apr 2012

Despite the fact that coal kills ten times more people, every year, JUST IN THE UNITED STATES.

So let's see, people killed by nuclear power over the last ~30 years: about 133 a year.
People killed by coal power over the last ~30 years: 40,000 a year. Just in the United States.

But hey, yeah, we really wouldn't want to overlook a chance to defend the coal industry.

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