Re: [biofuel] Energy use in buildings was: 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-05-01 Thread martin
Yes, it is a high figure, but everyone i know wears their seatbelt when they get in a vehicle. It is not secondary. -- --- Martin Klingensmith http://nnytech.net/ http://infoarchive.net/ paul van den bergen wrote: Do we all agree that it is too high a figure? aside: about 2 years ago

Re: [biofuel] Energy use in buildings was: 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-05-01 Thread desertstallion
The earlier statistic of deaths per total population was worthless and a complete non-starter for conversation. It would have no relevance. To take it to an extreme, put the billion plus Chinese in the denominator, most of who don't have cars and have never driven. It would make it look like

Re: [biofuel] Energy use in buildings was: 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-05-01 Thread desertstallion
IIRC the airbags on US cars require an impact of around 20-25 mph. So...I think they are roughly the same as what you are stating for Australia - roughly 30 kph. Most of the deaths and injuries associated with airbags were in front seat passengers, especially children, incorrectly placed in

[biofuel] Energy use in buildings was: 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Dear John, I think we can discuss which type of statistics that is the right one and the truth is that it is no single one that give a complete picture. The problem with death per billion kilometer is that it is a minority of professional drivers that do the major part of distances and with