who cares about king island?, page-36

Cross fertilising these threads can be a good idea hanrahan. here is an excerpt from a post I made earlier in this thread. Do you think it has a place on a thread about coal burners?

I don't know anyone who doesn't appreciate access to electrical power. That power comes at cost and that cost can be measured in lives lost. This link gives a figure of 12,146 deaths among coal miners arising directly because of mining activity. Burning coal still accounts for the majority of our electricity in Australia.

http://www.resources.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/182484/International-Mining-Fatality-Database-project-report.pdf

Here is another link. This one relates to increasing lung cancer rates surrounding the coal burning power stations at Port Augusta.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-03/lung-cancer-coal-fire-power-stations-doctors/3987412