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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 and IEA estimates of global energy consumption in 2014 of 159,000 terawatt-hours.

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01 May 2017
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