Neil,

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:03:11 -0800, Neil Baylis wrote:

> Well then,  what fact about the world would constitute evidence that
> high voltage is better (or worse) than low voltage? Where would you
> look, if you don't look at death rate from electrocution?

I don't think anyone said that high voltage was safer/less safe than low - it was specifically about 110V vs 
230V because it isn't a linear relationship - the physiological effects are much more complex than that.  
People have survived being struck by lightning, and have died from licking a 9V battery, so Ohm's Law isn't 
anywhere near enough to explain it.

The only way to prove it conclusively would be properly controlled scientific experiments, but that isn't 
going to happen.  And regardless of the results, countries wouldn't change their supply voltage because the 
benefit doesn't justify the huge cost (and unpopularity for the politicians involved), so we just have to 
accept that we won't know for sure either way.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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