Some Coal Numbers from Bill Gross

“…coal plants in the United States cause about 24,000 cancer deaths per year. Outside of the priceless value of each life to those families affected, economists have done various studies determining the value of each life between about $1m and $6.5m. Even if you take the low end of that range, that’s $24B per year. Coal plants account for about 49% of the electricity in the United States, or about 1,995 billion kilowatt hours. JUST the life lost from those coal plants, NOT including ANY impact on global warming, is about 1.2 cents per kwhr, on the low end, and 7.8 cents per kwhr on the high end.” read more

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