Imagine a city with half a million people, about the size of Sacramento, Oslo, or Kyoto. Picture that city running smoothly—lights on, homes heated, schools buzzing, and life moving forward. Now, zoom out. Somewhere in the background, people are dying—not from crime or war, but from electricity.I. The Deaths We Don't SeeWhen we talk about energy, we often focus on megawatts, climate targets, and percentages of the grid. However, we rarely discuss the lives lost due to energy production.

Imagine a city with half a million people, about the size of Sacramento, Oslo, or Kyoto. Picture that city running smoothly—lights on, homes heated, schools buzzing, and life moving forward. Now, zoom out. Somewhere in the background, people are dying—not from crime or war, but from electricity.I. The Deaths We Don't SeeWhen we talk about energy, we often focus on megawatts, climate targets, and percentages of the grid. However, we rarely discuss the lives lost due to energy production.