On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 19:46 +0100, Dario Greggio wrote:
> James Newton wrote:
> 
> > We need perspective: Look at how many people have died (or will die) due to
> > our dependence on fossile fuels then compare that to the actual number of
> > people who died (or will die) from Chernobyl. 
> 
> I love this one!
> I agree completely.

Unfortunately this sort of "odd things to be concerned about" happens
with humanity over and over again.

People are terrified of dying on their next flight, yet driving to the
bank in your car is many times more dangerous.

People are obsessed with the possibility that their cell phone is
emitting RF, yet have no problem using their cordless phones and think
nothing of standing in front of their microwave ovens while it's pumping
1kW of RF into your food.

There are many more examples, but I don't think I should bore people any
further...

As I often say: people, in general, are dumb, or at the very least,
uninformed, and disturbingly aren't bothered by the fact they are
uninformed.

TTYL
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