[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

And from today's news, coal power adds two more to its death toll, while Fukushima is still at zero: Two killed as CSX train derails in Ellicott City overnight - The Washington Post

You haven't taken into account how many lives coal has added to humanity. I heard about a study, done maybe 40 years ago (?), about a small rural village with a population explosion. The best explanation anyone could come up with was that the village was next to a railroad track used by coal trains going to a power plant. In the wee hours of each morning a train would roll through the village and wake everyone up. And what do couples do when awake in bed, when it's was too late to go back to sleep, but too early to get up?

Disclaimer: I haven't seen this research paper, I've only heard about it from someone who also heard about it. It may be baloney, but there may be some truth in it.