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"Dewey & Lucy Thompson" <dlthompson@socket.net> wrote:


>> 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.


Recent scientific studies show Chernobyl was far worse than previously
thought. Thousands have died and millions effected. And you expect
people not to get emotional? Eat my shorts.

>>
>> 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