US oil and gas field deaths up sharply.

[NNadir]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_re_us/oilfield_deaths

Of course, the number of deaths from dangerous fossil fuel accidents are nowhere near as high as the number of deaths associated with normal dangerous fossil fuel operations.

[DCKit]

1. Will we be safe driving this:

Or this?

[NNadir]

2. Well, most people have cartoonish visions to deny fact that cars are unacceptably dangerous.

In fact, the concept of the car - which so many anti-nuke yuppies are so anxious to defend - cannot and will not be made safe.

Ever.

Cars kill hundreds of thousands of people around the world each year - and that's not counting the accidents.