Re: another 15,000

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

You may be factually correct, but, trust me; don't quit your day job.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

Bjorn Cedervall wrote:

> >"Go Nuclear - It only kills half as many people as coal!"
> I don't get it (should I? Isn't 1 still <2 ?) - why should I want to choose
> something that kills more people than something else? There is no risk free
> world. Besides, I think that coal is worse than that. We read for instance
> recently that coal kills almost one person per day in Ukraine alone
> (statistics for the last decade say 3000 people).
>
> >"A nuclear power accident is less likely than a dam failure."
> If I recall correctly, the worst accident (deaths/Twh) in Europe over the
> last 30-40 years or so was a hydropower dam failure in Italy around 1975
> (about 15000 people died). Please correct me if there is anything wrong
> here. Is this uninteresting?
>
> My ideas and reflections only,
>
> Bjorn Cedervall  bcradsafers@hotmail.com
> http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/
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