RE: Request for suggestion [ "factor of 1000" ]

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Franta, Jaroslav wrote:
> 
> You wrote :
> 
> 	--We are not talking about a slight difference. The difference is
> a factor of 1000 or more, >10,000 vs <10 deaths per year on average. This
> difference is not subsantially changed by different opinions about trust,
> unless they claim that there will be several meltdowns per year.
> <><><><><><><><><><>
> 
> COMMENT (again):
> 
> Please see Chernobyl article below.
> 
> As I said previously, public trust is required to some extent to believe
> this "factor of 1000" in the face of constant media reports of thousands of
> victims of the Chernobyl disaster. 

	--The factor of 1000 in favor of nuclear can be well documented
from the scientific literature whereas the other ideas cannot. If this
doesn't matter, what to do is beyond me.

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