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Hypothetical number of deaths from energy production

Hypothetical number of global deaths which would have resulted from energy production if the world's energy production was met through a single source, in 2014.
This was assumed based on energy production death rates (TWh) and IEA estimates of global energy consumption in 2014 of 159,000TWh

01 million2 million3 million4 million5 millionBrown coal5.2 millionCoal3.91 millionOil2.93 millionBiomass736,170Gas448,539Nuclear11,766