🚀 go-pugleaf

> Ha ha ha! Never realized what a daredevil I was, maneuvering those water
> heating panels onto my roof. And they're even heavier than PV panels.
> Heaven help us if we have to build nukes due to the risk of plunging PV
> installers. With enough people worrying about such risks, we'll end up
with
> warning labels on paint cans saying "not for internal use". Oh wait,
that's
> already happened..............

Actually, Murray makes quite a salient point.  When you are looking at risk,
you really should evaluate ALL risks.  When you "wrestled" those heavy cans
to your roof, you were doing something that you felt was beneficial.
Perhaps it will bring personal satisfaction to you, perhaps it will bring
more disposeable income to your pocket.

You DID however take an additional risk to yourself and your family.   Had
you been aware of those risks, you might or might not have followed through
with the job.  You chose to take that risk upon your self, and that is fine
with me.

BUT.  Let us contemplate legislating the use of PV panels on all homes.
This action would increase risks to the workforce, and PV installers would
fall, some would be hurt, some would be killed.  That is a price.  Just like
coal miners.  Ever read a story about "Fire in Mine, 31 coal miners killed".
It happens.  What do you think when you read this story?  Most people think
"Well of course, they work in a dangerous occupation".

If a PV installer falls off of a roof, what will you think?  Most people
think "Well of course, he worked in a dangerous occupation".

Now, consider the headlines, oh let's look at one from the recent (Febuary)
Steam Generator Tube Leak at the Indian point nuclear station.  That
incident was a "non event".  No one was hurt, the off-site radioactivity
release was so small to be less than trivial, about two puffs on a cigarette
worth of lifetime risk.  The plant worked precisely as it was designed.

So what did people think when they see the headline?  Too many people  think
that "Nuclear is going to kill us all".

THAT is the problem.  With nuclear, there are risks.  With coal there are
risks.  With PV there are risks.  These risks need to be evaluated
scientifically, not emotionally.

>
> Wayne- "for my next death-defying feat, I'll swing a paint brush from a
> ladder" <G>

Suggestion, go out and purchase or rent scaffolding.

My brother-in-law just fell from his ladder painting his house.  He ended up
breaking his toe, luckily he did not break his leg or back.

dewey