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By assigning an arbitrary cost to a human life, Dr Sagan arrives at rough estimates of the health costs associated with power generation. The costs of miners' accidents and diseases are shown to be heavy compared with those of air pollution.
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Sagan, L. Health costs associated with the mining, transport and combustion of coal in the steam-electric industry. Nature 250, 107–111 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250107a0
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