Update: Check out this graph from Seth Godin’s blog: it compares fatalities in the nuclear and coal industries. (Thanks to Mike Rogers for the link).
A week ago, I posted about Japanese shut-down nuclear reactors and how this had resulted in a big jump in purchases of natural gas and coal.
I had believed that the costs of importing coal and natural gas were higher than the costs of running the nuclear power plants, and that this was an unsustainable policy in the long run.
However, today, I was alerted to the falling prices of LNG and coal:
For A Million BTU: Monday 4 June 2012 | Gregor.us.
Hmmm.
#1 by Mike in Tokyo Rogers on June 8, 2012 - 7:54 am
That’s better. How about a comparison of health effects too? http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/03/the-triumph-of-coal-marketing.html