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[moxa1]

Those are false assumptions. The coal companies can afford to retrofit their coal plants. They simply don't want to. For all I know there are tax incentives available to these plants as well. The cost of all the illness caused by mercury is far far greater than the temporary cost of upgrading existing plants.

[mr40]

Heat and air conditioning prevent deaths, thousands have died this summer in India due to the heat and lack of AC.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/asia/india-heat-wave-deaths/