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They also kill a lot more people when they fail.


Is birdflu the failure mode?

I mean, via bird flu, even conservative estimates show there have been at least 2 million deaths. I know, I know, totally different things, but complex systems have complex side effects.


Jet engines run on oil-based fuels. How may deaths can be attributed to problems related to oil ? We can do this all day :) I would suggest we stop, I was really just being snarky.




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