🚀 go-pugleaf

working in Manhattan is a risk, but millions do it. I'd rather put pv panels
on my roof.

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