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:::Public health burden in Appalacia $55,400,000,000
 
:::Public health burden in Appalacia $55,400,000,000
 
:::Air pollution from power plants $118,300,000,000
 
:::Air pollution from power plants $118,300,000,000
:::Climate impact $40,030,000,000
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::Climate impact $40,030,000,000
:::Additional costs
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::Additional costs
 
:[Errors in the above. There are 60 not 55 squares in the Appalacia block and 123 not 118 squares in the Air pollution block. The numbers above add up to $217.3b not 226.69. But with 60 and 123 squares total ends up on the 227 blocks that would fit the total. The total of all the squares are 344 which is close to the maximum value from the Harvard text. However, this may have only been referring to the light yellow extra terms. It seems that either the Appalacia and pollution numbers are wrong (both squares and total points to this), or the total and square numbers are wrong.]
 
:[Errors in the above. There are 60 not 55 squares in the Appalacia block and 123 not 118 squares in the Air pollution block. The numbers above add up to $217.3b not 226.69. But with 60 and 123 squares total ends up on the 227 blocks that would fit the total. The total of all the squares are 344 which is close to the maximum value from the Harvard text. However, this may have only been referring to the light yellow extra terms. It seems that either the Appalacia and pollution numbers are wrong (both squares and total points to this), or the total and square numbers are wrong.]
 
::Advanced coal with carbon capture $168,590,000,000
 
::Advanced coal with carbon capture $168,590,000,000

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