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   > electric cars do seem to be harder to ignite.   
   >   
   > > If you want a fair comparison you should separate the causes: compare   
   > > 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.   
      
   You made the original assertion, not me.  The onus is on you to prove   
   it.   
      
      
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