Dumping coal could save 52K lives per year - study

摘要

Fully replacing coal-fired electricity generation with solar power in the United States could savernsome 52,000 lives annually, researchers concluded in a newly released study.rnWhile the long-term price tag for that undertaking would be almost $1.5 trillion, the conversionrnwould ultimately be profitable, with "a substantial health and environmental benefit," said thernstudy, published online last week in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.