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Ever seen what happens when a coal mine catches fire? Link
I guess we should just go back to water mills right?
Hydroelectric has grown up since then. See: hoover dam
Dams are actually really bad for the environment. They were sold as good because they don't burn coal but it turns out that blocking rivers interferes with everything along it.
Hydroelectric dams have also claimed more human lives than any other type of power plant.
I'm pretty sure cancers and other health issues have killed way, way more than hydroelectric.
Not including the climate change thing...
It's complicated, but in terms of direct kills, hydro power takes the cake. If you're also considering indirect kills, fossil fuel power is far and away the worst offender and I think that's before you even account for climate change deaths:
I agree it's complicated, if you make it so.
In terms of scale, direct kills are a rounding error compared to the damage of climate change.
In terms of indirect kills, like accidents, coal still beats hydropower by a long shot if you include the actual history of coal and steam boats, in part simply from a lack of standards or care in safety (and that's even if you exclude coal lung as an indirect kill).
While you make perfect the enemy of good, the world will burn, just as those who own the fossil fuels desire.
i think you forgot to attach an image. or you're a boring person
Nothing boring about a fire that's been burning for at least 62 years, possibly 86, and has caused the permanent evacuation of two towns.
i wanted cool images
There's a geyser because of the underground heat.
Not Centralia but Hazlewood in 2014. Thought I'd use a more recent and closer to home image
They should have updated the road sign to include a fire warning there.
woah, interesting