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Yes, I already regret jumping in on the math-game, when the real point I wanted to make was that this is an invalid comparison (apples/oranges) - sorry for that.

Plane crashes are created relatively equal in rate and magnitude.

Nuke crashes are nothing like that. We have only a single datapoint to draw from, and one that in hindsight almost seems like a relatively lucky one.



No worries. I still think you are incorrect, based on this:

>Plane crashes are created relatively equal in rate and magnitude.

Not all of them are... 9/11 was a plane crash that wasn't like any other before it.


9/11 was a plane crash that wasn't like any other before it.

Yes, but think of the scales.

How many 9/11's does it take to match a worst-case scenario involving Tokyo (~35 million people)?

When I say "relatively equal" then I mean somewhere between 500 and perhaps a few thousand deaths from a plane crash. Whereas a nuke accident may range from 600k exposed to.. well, let's hope Fukushima gets its act together.




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