Comments on: A person who took a 500 mile flight every single day for a year would have a fatality risk of 1 in 85,000 https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 14:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/comment-page-1/#comment-3558152 Jim Sat, 06 Aug 2022 18:54:58 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49132#comment-3558152 DJB: “A motorcyclist with a 1 in 860 chance of dying is truly astonishing. Most people have a 1 in 1 chance of dying.”

lol

]]> By: Goober https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/comment-page-1/#comment-3557864 Goober Thu, 04 Aug 2022 22:08:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49132#comment-3557864 Harry, yes, absolutely.

This makes me think about how we’re constantly being scolded about not using mass transportation, in much the same way that we’re constantly scolded about our carbon emissions.

What do they want me to do about it? If there was a train that ran anywhere close to a route that was even remotely adjacent to “from my home to my work” you can bet your ass I’d be on it.

Scold me about driving to work all you want, I have no other option for most of the year. I ride my bike the 24 miles round trip as often as I can, but at these northern lattitudes, that gives me a couple of months at best during the not-freezing and not-blazing times of the year. It’s also impractical, I do it for the exercize, not for the practicality.

Same with my carbon emissions. Energy is expensive. I promise I’m not making any more than I already have to, what more would you like me to do?

Scold me all you want, alternatives to my current lifestyle simply do not exist.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/comment-page-1/#comment-3557802 Bob Sykes Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:03:07 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49132#comment-3557802 Antiplanner has pointed out that Buses carry more passengers between cities in the BosWash corridor than Amtrack does.

Antiplanner is semi-retired now, but his blog is still up, and it has a treasure lode of transportation information:

https://ti.org/antiplanner/

]]> By: DJB https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/comment-page-1/#comment-3557762 DJB Thu, 04 Aug 2022 04:33:30 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49132#comment-3557762 A motorcyclist with a 1 in 860 chance of dying is truly astonishing. Most people have a 1 in 1 chance of dying.

]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/comment-page-1/#comment-3557753 Wang Wei Lin Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:08:49 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49132#comment-3557753 Liberty is risky… and worth it.

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/a-person-who-took-a-500-mile-flight-every-single-day-for-a-year-would-have-a-fatality-risk-of-1-in-85000/comment-page-1/#comment-3557700 Harry Jones Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:35:58 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49132#comment-3557700 When I can get from my driveway to the office and back any time I choose in a train or a plane, it will be an apples-to-apples comparison.

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