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   > spontaneous battery fires with spontaneous fuel tank fires (petrol=some,   
   > diesel = none).   Compare refuelling fires: forecourt with home   
   > electrics.  Compare non-fuel engine fires with electric motor fires and   
   > compare electrical system fires with electrical system fires.   
      
   A perfectly splendid program. Have you worked through it with real   
   statistics?   
      
   > Then look at the ease of extinguishing them, the pollution they cause   
   > and the severity of collateral damage.   
      
   There's a whole insurance industry that has been doing that for years.   
   They hire actuaries to do it. You aren't an actuary.   
      
   > Then weight the whole exercise to account for the difference in number   
   > of vehicles.   
      
   I'm sure that you think that you sound like an actuary. You don't.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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