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Coal Does More Harm Than Good in Kentucky: $62 Million for Asthma Costs, $10 Billion for Lost Lives | ThinkProgressGreen energy loans have created 75 dollars in benefits for every dollar spent. But goon cherry picking and being ignorant
I checked into a windmill to generate electricity on my property. I think I'd recoup my investment in about thirty years.
Yeah. I checked into Solar Panels.
It takes 32 years for payback investment. In the meantime the panels need to be replaced every 15 years.
^Another study finds that coal mining in Kentucky has a negative impact overall on the economy
Economists: Coal Is Incredibly Costly | ThinkProgress
^New study finds that Coal and Oil are more costly then renewable energy once health and environmental effects are included.
Life-cycle study: Accounting for total harm from coal would add "close to 17.8¢/kWh of electricity generated" | ThinkProgress
^New study fines that Coals negative effect on human health and the environmental cost the nation at least 125% more than the electricity generated from coal.
^Coal results in at least 30,000 American deaths each year.
Coal Is Cheap Because Of The Massive Unpriced Externalities | ThinkProgress
Coal's hidden costs top $345 billion in U.S.: study | Reuters
^Coals negative impact on health and the environment is estimated to cost the united states over 400 billion dollars yearly.