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Fair Comparison?

Coal (just one of the non-nuclear fuels) on the other hand has no risk nor consequences?


"U.S. coal mining deaths: 1990-2006
Here are the number of coal mining deaths in the United States, from 1990 through 2006, and the fatality rate (deaths per 200,000 work hours).

1980: 133 deaths, .06 per 200,000 hours.

1990: 66 deaths, .04 per 200,000 hours.
1991: 61 deaths, .04.
1992: 55 deaths, .04.
1993: 47 deaths, .04.
1994: 45 deaths, .04.
1995: 47 deaths, .04.
1996: 39 deaths, .03.
1997: 30 deaths, .03.
1998: 29 deaths, .03.
1999: 35 deaths, .03.
2000: 38 deaths, .04.
2001: 42 deaths, .04.
2002: 27 deaths, .03.
2003: 30 deaths, .03.
2004: 28 deaths, .03.
2005: 22 deaths, .018.
2006: 47 deaths, .026.

For some comparison, check out China?s coal-mining death toll over the last several years:

2000: 5,300 deaths.
2001: 5,670 deaths.
2002: 5,791 deaths.
2003: 7,200 deaths.
2004: 6,027 deaths.
2005: 5,986 deaths.
2006: 4,746 deaths."

Add to that the rest of the world's figures (more like China's than the US).
And that deals only with the actual mining of the stuff.
Add to that the impact on health from breathing in the fumes and by-products created by transporting, processing, and eventually burning the stuff.

Nuclear by a landslide to any objective thinker.

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