Nuclear Power (spun off from Japan earthquake discussion)

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Originally Posted by MistressStevie

Life is full of risks. Airlines fly planes over your head all the time. Some drop. That is a risk.

Trucking Companies drive trucks to bring food to you. Some are involved in accidents. Another risk.

Society is a balancing of risk and it never gets to zero. If you look at the increases in average life span which have gone up consistently for the last 150 years of technological innovation we are doing something right.

-mS

It is true that life is full of risks, but your examples are patently false equivalencies -- although I must give you credit for the cleverness of referencing planes dropping on people on the ground rather than mentioning the risk to actual passengers on airplanes.