Erhard,
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As a society, we are pretty much laid back about such mega horror. But as long there is no law that's being violated, there's no crime... Or is there?
How about crime resulting from coal-related deaths... it's been known that coal use has been killing humans for a long time now, and I don't recall any legal action being taken against coal interests which no doubt have megabucks to safeguard their multinational status.
IIRC, the World Health Organization keeps records on death rates related to various forms of energy use... here's a googled source showing death rates on a global basis. I've heard in the news that about a billion humans will be affected by rising sea levels worldwide (Bangladesh being an especially hard-hit area)... if that's true, the death rates from fossil fuel use will rise much higher.
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Deaths per terawatt-hour electricity generation:
Coal................435
Oil...................36
Natural Gas..........4
Hydro...............1.4
Wind.................0.15
Nuclear..............0.04
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths ... ource.htmlPS... amazing to me is the history of Mississauga residents here in Ontario, who never protested much against the coal-fired Lakeside power plant nearby (probably because they were used to it)... but when the new nat gas plant was being planned to replace Lakeside coal, they fought against that tooth and nail (and while heating their homes with nat gas at the same time).