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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Seems amazing to me how the anti-nuclear power advocates chant Chernobyl...yet don't seem quite as vocal in accepting the very real human (and environmental) cost of coal fired power:
Over 6000 coal miners killed in China in 2004 alone.
4000 new cases of black lung occur in USA mine workers every year, along with around 50 deaths. (isn't Wiki cool? )
Aussie stats are a little harder to find...but it seems Oz coal miners have a 1:28 chance of being killed (!!) from mining.
French (nuke) power reactor fatalities. Zero. Not bad after 40 years of operations.
Damed lies and statistics? I think not.
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Here here, coal is killing everyone slowly or just making us sick. Nuclear has it's risks but Chernobyl was poorly managed by a country that was not ready to take on the venture. I think a lot of people woke up when that happened and a lot more care is considered before putting in Nuclear. That event will never go away and maybe that is a good thing to remind us the need for good management, but it should not be condemned as a good power source.
With all the infomration put to the media , you here all the negatives put about nuclear about Chernobyl but never hear about the stats on coal mining.