Relative Danger of Energy Sources


Nuclear Power


1. How many are expected to die from this decade's uranium mining for all nuclear power plants worldwide?
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000

2. How many have already died from nuclear power accidents worldwide?  
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


3. How many are expected to die from nuclear power accidents that have already happened?  
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


4. How many are expected to die from nuclear power accidents over the next decade? 
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


5. How many have already died from US nuclear power plants in normal operation? 
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


6. How many have already died from waste from nuclear power, in the US alone?
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


7. Assuming current technology and current plans to monitor over 200 years, how many are expected eventually to die from US nuclear waste that will be generated in the next decade?
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


Coal


  1. How many Americans will die from coal mining this decade?  
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


2. How many Americans (other than workers) will die this decade from non-CO2 pollution (particulates, ozone, etc) of US coal use?  
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


Oil


1. How many will die worldwide this decade from drilling, transporting, and refining oil?  
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


2. How many will die this decade from automobile/airplane/train/bus accidents in US? Are there other health effects from flying and driving?
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


3. How many will die from non-carbon transport pollution in the US (particulates, ozone, etc)?  
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


Climate Change


1. How many might die worldwide this decade as a result of climate events attributable to the greenhouse gases contributed by US use of fossil fuels?
 
< 100          100 – 1,000           1,000 – 10,000        10,000 - 100,000       > 100,000


Comparing Energy Sources

1. Put these energy sources for electricity in order of safety, least safe (most deaths/energy produced) first. Coal, hydroelectric, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas, nuclear, and oil. Then check your answers.


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