"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ...
Adrian wrote:
The Natural Philosopher gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

More people died in 911 ... than have EVER died as a result of nuclear
power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

Estimates of the total number of deaths attributable to the accident vary
enormously, from possibly 4,000 to close to a million.[4][5]

Well yes, we are all going to die eventually, and of course it it is
from cancer, it must be because of Chernobyl, right?


In the same way that all the people that die in Iraq have done so
because of 911, right?

When it comes down to hot issues, wiki is taken out by die hard axe
grinders. I wont use it for info on alternative energy or nuclear power,
without checking the facts independently.

IIRC 56 people beyond a shadow of a doubt died from radiation poisoning.

4000 people got thyroid cancer, but are still alive.

|The rest is total guess work. Id say perhaps 500 deaths directly from
cancers or birth defects. beyond that it tails into the noise.

Heard two items on the radio this afternoon. One pointing out that the nuclear power stations in Japan had fared better than the conventional power stations and that people will very probably die because of lack of power over the ensuing weeks. So far so good (from the rational thinking point of view).

Unfortunately this was followed later by a UK government spokesman perpetuating the myth of the attainability of absoute safety (a concept that only small children, the dumb, the ill informed and Dribble believe in).

Tim