SETTLING NUCLEER STATION OR SMOKING OR FLYING THEIR RESULT; GOING DOWN WITH PROSTRATE, HEART, LUNG, ASBESTOS CANCER

DANGER!

If the government wanted to build a nuclear power station at the end of your street, you would probably protest about it. But in fact, living next to a nuclear power station is less dangerous than driving a car and it is much safer than riding a motorbike or smoking
Everything carries a risk. There is a 100.000 to 1 risk of dying in an accident at home. Why do people object to some risks but accept other much higher risks?
One reason is publicity. When an aeroplane crashes a lot of people are killed at the same time. A plane crash is big news but a crash is not. Yet travelling by road is far more dangerous than travelling by air. 1985 was the world's worst year for air dsasters: over 2000 people were killed. But in Britain alone, 5000 people die in road accidents every year. (And Britain's roads are among the safest in the world) The risks of dying in a plane crash are 25000 to 1. Car drivers, however, run a risk of 11000 to 1 and motorcyclists a horrific 500 to 1.
A second reason is choice. If we choose to do something dangerous, we accept the risk. But we do not like it when someone else chooses it for us. We accept the risks of driving a car or playingsports, because they make our lives more interesting. But, of course, people do not always choose safe things. People choose to smoke when smoking 20 cigarettes a day carries a 200 to 1 risk of death from heart disease and lung cancer, asbestos cancer or heart cancer, except alcohol. Alcohol is really most dangerous, but it is easier breaking free from alcohol with alcohol treatment than cigarettes.
A third reason is age. Most motorcycle accidents involve young men between 16 and 25. Every summer millions of young people risk skin cancer from sunbathing because they want to look healthier or more beatiful.
So how do you feelabout the nuclear power station and its risk of several million to? Would you still protest?